incandescev.
/ɪnkanˈdɛs/ 1. intransitive. To be or become incandescent; to glow with heat. Chiefly in present participle incanˈdescing n. = incandescent adj.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > incandescent
incandescent1794
candescent1824
white-hot1855
incandescing1874
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [adjective] > luminescent > produced by heat or friction
white-hot1587
incandescent1794
incandescing1874
thermoluminescent1899
triboluminescent1904
tribophosphorescent1904
1874 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 364 The heat of the incandescing body.
1880 Edison U.S. Patent 230255 My electric lamp consists, essentially..of an incandescing conductor of high resistance hermetically sealed in a glass vacuum chamber.
1882 Nature 10 Aug. 357/1 To heat the incandescing body to an extremely high temperature.
2. transitive. To render incandescent, cause to glow.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [verb (transitive)] > make incandescent
incandesce1883
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > measure [verb (transitive)] > render incandescent
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1883 Nature 18 Jan. 278/1 The activity of the sun's radiation is..sixty-seven times greater than that of a Swan lamp per equal area, when incandesced to 240 candles per horse-power.
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