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adjective(of light) produced by incandescence. glowing or white with heat. intensely bright; brilliant. brilliant; masterly; extraordinarily lucid: an incandescent masterpiece; incandescent wit. aglow with ardor, purpose, etc.: the incandescent vitality of youth. Origin of incandescent1785–95; <Latin incandēscent- (stem of incandēscēns), present participle of incandēscere to glow. See in-2, candescent SYNONYMS FOR incandescent5 electrifying, brilliant, dynamic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR incandescent ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM incandescentin·can·des·cent·ly, adverbnon·in·can·des·cent, adjectivenon·in·can·des·cent·ly, adverbWords nearby incandescentincalculable, incalescent, in camera, incandesce, incandescence, incandescent, incandescent lamp, incantation, incantatory, incapable, incapacitant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incandescentThey are so hot they are incandescent — meaning they emit light. Scientists Say: Asteroid, meteor and meteorite|Bethany Brookshire|September 7, 2020|Science News For Students To that end, the budget postpones federal phase-out of incandescent electric bulbs. Congress’ Gift That Keeps on Giving|P. J. O’Rourke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST His bright idea turned out to be the incandescent light bulb, which he invented in 1880. From Edison to Jobs|The Daily Beast|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST They last far longer than incandescent bulbs and save enormous amounts of energy. The GOP’s Relentless Crusade to Save America From Commie Light Bulbs|Michael Tomasky|January 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The light of halogen lamps is slightly more “whiteish” than incandescent lamps. The Light Bulb Is Dead. Long Live the Light Bulb!|Ethan Biery|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Their dimming performance will rarely match that of an incandescent, but it is getting better as the technology improves. The Light Bulb Is Dead. Long Live the Light Bulb!|Ethan Biery|December 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST Others think the incandescent cinders and the force of their ejection were sufficient to cause the destruction. Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror|Richard Linthicum The radar-blip which told of that ship's existence changed to the vaguely vaporous glow of incandescent gas. Talents, Incorporated|William Fitzgerald Jenkins As a matter of fact, nothing short of sunlight is better than the incandescent electric light to read by or to work by. Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888|Various These corpuscles bombard the anode and keep it incandescent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8|Various The term is also used for a meshed cap of refractory oxides employed in systems of incandescent lighting (see Lighting). Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 5|Various
British Dictionary definitions for incandescent
adjectiveemitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature; red-hot or white-hot informal extremely angry; raging Derived forms of incandescentincandescently, adverbWord Origin for incandescentC18: from Latin incandescere to become hot, glow, from in- ² + candescere to grow bright, from candēre to be white; see candid Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to incandescentradiant, luminous, shining, beaming, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, intense, lambent, red-hot, refulgent, lucent, phosphorescent, white-hot |