Definition of "calefaction" []

• The act of warming or heating. (noun)
• The state or condition of being heated. (noun)

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• "Charleton appeals to the explanation of such phenomena as rarefaction and condensation, the differences in "degrees of Gravity" of bodies, and the numerous ways in which bodies can interpenetrate at the micro-level in terms of solubility, absorption, calefaction, and diverse chemical reactions."
• "“I await your response, youth,” said the second of the Priests, “or else your calefaction.”"
• ""I await your response, youth," said the second of the Priests, "or else your calefaction.""