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Incandescent
Definitions
- 1 Emitting light as a result of being heated.
"We will all go together when we go / All suffused with an incandescent glow"
- 2 Shining very brightly.
"Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], and that incandescent sequence of colorful bands that make one of the natural wonders of the world so grand, can also be found over 100 million miles away [on Mars]."
- 3 Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc. figuratively
"The incandescent performance enraptured the audience."
- 4 Extremely angry; furious.
"She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet."
- 1 emitting light as a result of being heated wordnet
- 2 characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance wordnet
- 1 An incandescent lamp or bulb.
"Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours."
Etymology
Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
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