Calescence

/kəˈles.əns/ noun

The quality or state of becoming warm or hot; the process of growing warm.

From Latin 'calescere' (to grow warm), derived from 'calere' (to be hot). The suffix '-ence' creates an abstract noun indicating a state or condition.

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