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incandescent

adj
/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/UK/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).

  1. derived from incandescens
  2. borrowed from 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
    • Rather than burning out as incandescent bulbs do, L.E.D.’s light output dims over tens of thousands of hours. L.E.D.’s are also more resistant to vibration than incandescents or screw-in fluorescent bulbs, and do not flicker or hum.

  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.

    • The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Extremely angry

      Extremely angry; furious.

      • She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.

    2. An incandescent lamp or bulb.

      • Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.

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Derived

incandescent lamp, nonincandescent, subincandescent

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA