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   in·can·des·cent

   /ˌinkənˈdes(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. emitting light as a result of being heated: "plumes of incandescent liquid rock" Similar white-hotintensely hotred-hotburningfieryon fireblazingablazeaflameglowingaglowradiantbrightbrilliantdazzlingshiningluminousgleaminginformal:glowyliterary:fervidardentrutilantlucentcandescentarchaic:fervent
   • ▪ (of an electric light) containing a filament which glows white-hot when heated by a current passed through it: "an incandescent lamp"
   • 2. full of strong emotion; passionate: "Mravinsky's incandescent performance of Siegfried's Funeral March"
   • ▪ extremely angry: "she was incandescent at the way the IRS acted" Similar furiousenragedragingvery angryincensedseethinginfuriatedfumingboilinginflamediratewrathfulin a temperbeside oneselfin high dudgeonindignantoutragedinformal:lividhot under the collarup in armsfoaming at the mouthmadhopping madwildapoplecticriledaeratedon the warpathsteamed upin a latherfit to be tiedup the wallas cross as two sticksin a paddybent out of shapesoreheadedropeablesnakycrookvexinformal, dated:in a bateliterary:irefulwrothOpposite calm

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French, from Latin incandescent- ‘glowing’, from the verb incandescere, from in- (expressing intensive force) + candescere ‘become white’ (from candidus ‘white’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. incandescence noun
   • 2. incandescently adverb

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   incandescent: [adjective] white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat. strikingly bright, radiant, or clear. marked by brilliance especially of expression. characterized by glowing zeal : ardent.

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   INCANDESCENT definition: 1. producing a bright light from a heated filament or other part: 2. extremely bright: 3. showing…. Learn more.

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   Incandescent definition: (of light) produced by incandescence. . See examples of INCANDESCENT used in a sentence.

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   incandescent: 1 adj emitting light as a result of being heated “an incandescent bulb” Synonyms: candent light characterized by or emitting light adj characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance “an incandescent performance” Synonyms: glorious having or deserving or conferring glory

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   INCANDESCENT meaning: 1. producing a bright light from a heated filament or other part: 2. extremely bright: 3. showing…. Learn more.

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   incandescent with something She was incandescent with rage. Word Origin late 18th cent.: from French, from Latin incandescent-‘glowing’, from the verb incandescere, from in-(expressing intensive force) + candescere ‘become white’ (from candidus ‘white’).

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   Incandescent definition: Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.

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   2 meanings: 1. emitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature; red-hot or white-hot 2. informal extremely.... Click for more definitions.

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    Definition of incandescent adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    Define incandescent. incandescent synonyms, incandescent pronunciation, incandescent translation, English dictionary definition of incandescent. incandescent incandescent bulb adj. 1. Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.