calefaction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the property of being warming
    incalescence.

WordNet

Cal`e*fac"tion noun
Etymology
L. calefactio: cf. F. caléfaction.
Definitions
  1. The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.
  2. The state of being heated.

Webster 1913