Incandescent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Incandescent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incandescent adj emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb" Synonym(s): incandescent, candent characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incandescent \In`candes"cent\, a. [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}.] 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} (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon