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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intumescence \In`tu*mes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.] 1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. The intumescence of nations. --Johnson. 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intumescence n 1: swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) [syn: {intumescency}] 2: the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn: {intumescency}, {swelling}]
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