incandescencen.
/ɪnkanˈdɛsəns/ 1.
a. The fact or condition of glowing with heat; the emission of light by a body heated to a high temperature; the state of being incandescent.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > incandescence
incandescence1794
candescence1880
incandescency1882
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [noun] > luminescence > produced by heat or friction
incandescence1794
calescence1846
calorescence1863
incandescency1882
triboluminescence1889
thermoluminescence1897
tribothermoluminescence1930
1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 24 A body..heated far below the intensity necessary for incandescence.
1837 D. Brewster Treat. Magnetism 52 Incandescence does not give to bodies the power of coercing the magnetic influence.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iii. 31 Meteorites..brought to incandescence by friction against the earth's atmosphere.
1881 Spottiswoode in Nature No. 623. 547 The Swan, the Maxim, the Lane-Fox, and the Edison lamps, in which the light is due to the incandescence of a fine thread of carbon.
b. transferred. Glowing or intense heat. rare.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat
ferventness1398
fervence14..
fervourc1440
broil1583
fervency1598
ardour1645
ardency1677
fervidity1727
incandescence1849
sizzle1964
1849 E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 195 It was delightful to me after the incandescence from which I had just come.
c. transferred. Matter in a state of incandescence or glow.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > incandescence > matter in a state of
incandescence1853
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxviii. 230 We had parhelia..a mass of incandescence 22° from the sun.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 23 The descending lava presented a head of incandescence 200 rods in width.
2. figurative. The state of becoming or being ‘inflamed’ with anger or other strong feeling; ardency, fervour.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun]
heatc825
earnestOE
fervour1340
ardourc1386
fever heata1398
burning1398
lowea1425
fervencec1430
ferventnessc1430
flame1548
ardency1549
fervency1554
fire1579
calenture1596
inflammation1600
warmth1600
brimstonea1616
incandescence1656
fervidness1692
candency1723
glow1748
white heat1814
hwyl1899
the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > state or condition of anger
moodinessOE
wrethinga1300
wrathfulnessa1382
irefulness1388
wrothiness1422
reveriec1425
angrinessc1450
wrethfulnessc1475
wrothfulness1535
incensement1599
incandescence1656
angerness1835
iracundity1840
uptightness1969
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Incandescence, a being or waxing very angry, or greatly inflamed.
1883 W. M. Taylor in P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1015 Not with the earnestness of rant or roaring, but with that of fervid incandescence.
1898 Daily News 17 Nov. 5/5 An ally prone to velocity..and to sudden states of incandescence.
Derivatives
incanˈdescency n. rare the quality or state of being incandescent.
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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [noun] > incandescence
incandescence1794
candescence1880
incandescency1882
the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [noun] > luminescence > produced by heat or friction
incandescence1794
calescence1846
calorescence1863
incandescency1882
triboluminescence1889
thermoluminescence1897
tribothermoluminescence1930
1882 J. Dredge Electr. Illumination I. 153 A platinum wire 18 B.W.G. and 15 feet long was raised to vivid incandescency.
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