Calorescence

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Calorescence \Cal`o*res"cence\, n. [L. calor heat.] (Physics)
     The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the
     transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher
     refrangibility. --Tyndall.
     [1913 Webster]