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Definition of Incandescent

1. Adjective. Emitting light as a result of being heated. "An incandescent bulb"

2. Adjective. Characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance. "An incandescent performance"

Definition of Incandescent

1. a. White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.

Definition of Incandescent

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Incandescent

1. White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. "Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout." (I. Taylor) Incandescent lamp or light, a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in the Edison lamp; called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp. Origin: L. Incandecens, -entis, p. Pr. Of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. In- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. Fr. Candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F. Incandescent. See Candle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incandescent

incages incaging incalculability incalculable incalculably incalescence incalescences incalescent incameration Incan

incandesce incandesced incandescence incandescences incandescent (current term) incandescent (current term) incandescently incandescents incandescent lamp incandesces

incandescing incanous incant incantation incantational incantations incantatory incanted incanting incants

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