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incandescent
[ in-kuhn-des-uhnt ]
/ ËÉȘn kÉnËdÉs Ént /
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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.
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Origin of incandescent
1785â95; <Latin incandÄscent- (stem of incandÄscÄns), present participle of incandÄscere to glow. See in-2, candescent
OTHER WORDS FROM incandescent
in·can·des·cent·ly, adverbnon·in·can·des·cent, adjectivenon·in·can·des·cent·ly, adverbWords nearby incandescent
incalescent, incall, in camera, incandesce, incandescence, incandescent, incandescent lamp, incantation, incantatory, incapable, incapacitant
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How to use incandescent in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for incandescent
incandescent
/ (ËÉȘnkĂŠnËdÉsÉnt) /
adjective
emitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature; red-hot or white-hot
informal extremely angry; raging
Derived forms of incandescent
incandescently, adverbWord Origin for incandescent
C18: from Latin incandescere to become hot, glow, from in- ÂČ + candescere to grow bright, from candÄre to be white; see candid
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