incandescent

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/, /ˌɪŋ.kænˈdɛs.ənt/, /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/, /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

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.

• incandescence
• incandescently

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.

• fluorescent

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.dɛ.sɑ̃/ ~ /ɛ̃.kɑ̃.de.sɑ̃/

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• Homophone: incandescents
• Hyphenation: in‧can‧de‧scent

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)

• incandescence

• “incandescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• “incandescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

incandēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incandēscō

Borrowed from French incandescent.

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

1. incandescent