Calescent

/kəˈles.ənt/ adjective

Growing warm or becoming hot; having the quality of increasing in warmth or temperature.

From Latin 'calescens,' the present participle of 'calescere' (to grow warm). It describes an ongoing or developing state rather than a fixed condition.

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