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

calefaction \cal`efac"tion\, n. l. calefactio: cf. f.
   cal'efaction.
   1. the act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a
      body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat
      from other bodies.
      1913 webster

   2. the state of being heated.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

calefaction
     n : the property of being warming syn: incalescence
see also:
incalescence 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "calefaction":
   cooking, dielectric heating, electric heating, electronic heating,
   furnace heating, gas heating, heat exchange, heating,
   hot-air heating, increase of temperature, induction heating,
   insolation, oil heating, panel heating, radiant heating,
   recalescence, steam heating, superheating, tepefaction,
   torrefaction, warming

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