Intumescence

[,intju:'mesns]

Definition

(noun.) the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).

(noun.) swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion).

Editor: Nicolas--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

Edited by Barton

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Swelling.

Checker: Roderick

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Swelling, protuberance, turgescence

ANT:Subsidence, evenness, attenuation, concavity

Edited by Gail

Definition

n. the action of swelling: a swelling: a tumid state.—v.i. Intumesce′ to swell up.

Checker: McDonald