Is Decalescent a Word?

Decalescent is an adjective. The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

What does decalescent mean?

: the decrease in temperature when the rate of heat absorption during transformation exceeds the rate of heat input while heating metal through a transformation range — compare recalescence.

What is Decalescence point?

A phenomenon that occurs during the cooling of iron and other ferromagnetic metals (see magnetism) after they have been heated. When iron is heated to white heat and then allowed to cool, it abruptly evolves heat at a certain temperature. ... The temperature at which this occurs is called the recalescence point.