Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Swelling up; becoming tumid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Swelling up; expanding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That becomes
swollen , especially upon exposure to heat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Etymologies
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Examples
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Because of its foaming effect in case of a fire, it is also referred to as "intumescent".
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Such alternative materials could have been spray-on nano-thermites substituted for intumescent paint or Interchar-like fireproofing primers (NASA 2006).
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Such alternative materials could have been spray-on nano-thermites substituted for intumescent paint or Interchar-like fireproofing primers (NASA 2006).
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I do not advise trephining in the secondary glaucoma following intumescent cataract, for in such cases the semi-fluid lens bulges into and blocks the trephine hole.
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Had Cleveland done naught else evil he would have damned himself everlastingly by pulling this intumescent jay out of a Nebraska turnip-patch to make him a cabinet clerk.
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Although Jay Jay finds it necessary to mix display ads with his reading matter to make the latter palatable, he declares that his painful monthly emission has "the largest circulation of any medical magazine in the world" -- thereby indicating that while his mentality may be atrophied, his imagination is intumescent.
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While not the only intumescent fire retardant coating on the market, ICYNENE ShelterShield ™ represents a breakthrough - employing a technology not used before in the spray foam industry.
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Bodywork is protected by military-grade sacrificial thermo-ceramic intumescent paints (swelling, heat-resistant paint to you and me), and windows and bodywork are further insulated by advanced aerogel laminated insulation.
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Bodywork is protected by military-grade sacrificial thermo-ceramic intumescent paints (swelling, heat-resistant paint to you and me), and windows and bodywork are further insulated by advanced aerogel laminated insulation.
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ShelterShield ™, an intumescent fire retardant coating that is available exclusively to Icynene
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