incandescent

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word incandescent. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word incandescent, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say incandescent in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word incandescent you have here. The definition of the word incandescent will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofincandescent, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/, /ˌɪŋ.kænˈdɛs.ənt/, /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/, /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/
  • Audio (General Australian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

incandescent (comparative more incandescent, superlative most incandescent)

  1. Emitting light as a result of being heated.
    • 1959, Tom Lehrer, “We Will All Go Together When We Go”:
      We will all go together when we go / All suffused with an incandescent glow
    • 2007 March 1, Matthew L. Wald, “Room to Improve”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2017-06-03:
      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.
    • 2013 November 27, John Grotzinger, “The world of Mars ”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2017-11-02:
      Those multitoned buttes and mesas , 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 .
  3. (figurative) Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.
    The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.
  4. Extremely angry; furious.
    She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

incandescent (plural incandescents)

  1. An incandescent lamp or bulb.
    • 2007 March 1, Matthew L. Wald, “Room to Improve”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2017-06-03:
      Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

From Latin incandescentem, from incandesco (be heated, glow), from in- (intensifying prefix) + candesco (become white), from candidus (white).

Pronunciation

Adjective

incandescent (feminine incandescente, masculine plural incandescents, feminine plural incandescentes)

  1. incandescent
    Lorsque cette masse incandescente sortit des entrailles de la terre, elle se trouva entourée d'eau et se refroidit rapidement. (Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, L'Archipel de Chausey, souvenirs d'un Naturaliste, Revue des Deux Mondes, tome 30, 1842)

References

Further reading

Latin

Verb

incandēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of incandēscō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French incandescent.

Adjective

incandescent m or n (feminine singular incandescentă, masculine plural incandescenți, feminine and neuter plural incandescente)

  1. incandescent

Declension

Declension of incandescent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite incandescent incandescentă incandescenți incandescente
definite incandescentul incandescenta incandescenții incandescentele
genitive-
dative
indefinite incandescent incandescente incandescenți incandescente
definite incandescentului incandescentei incandescenților incandescentelor