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intumesce

[ in-too-mes, -tyoo- ]

verb (used without object)

intumesced, intumescing.
  1. to swell up, as with heat; become tumid.
  2. to bubble up.


intumesce

/ ˌɪ²Ô³ÙÂáʊˈ³¾É›²õ /

verb

  1. intr to swell or become swollen; undergo intumescence
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of intumesce1

1790–1800; < Latin ¾±²Ô³Ù³Ü³¾Å§²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð to swell up, equivalent to in- in- 2 + ³Ù³Ü³¾Å§²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð, equivalent to tum ( ŧ°ù±ð ) to swell + -ŧ²õ³¦±ð°ù±ð -esce
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of intumesce1

C18: from Latin intumescere, from tumescere to begin to swell, from tumŧ°ù±ð to swell
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Before the Bp. on Ch. in O. F. intumesces with evolution of sulphur dioxide, finally yielding a metallic globule of Ag.

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Upon charcoal, and in the flame of reduction, the bead intumesces, the cadmium oxide becomes reduced to metal; this becomes volatilized and re-oxidized, and sublimes upon the charcoal as the yellow cadmium oxide.

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It intumesces and readily fuses before the blowpipe, and dissolves in acid without gelatinizing.

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Before the blowpipe it intumesces and melts to a glassy globule coloring the flame green, and forms a jelly when boiled with the acids.

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The hot bead should be pressed upon a small crystal of the nitrate, when the bead swells, intumesces, and the color is manifested in the surface of the bead,

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