Incandescence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The emission of visible light by a hot object.
  • n. The light emitted by an incandescent object.
  • n. A high degree of emotion, intensity, or brilliance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the emission of visible light by a hot body
  • n. the light so emitted
  • n. great emotion, especially anger
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The condition of being incandescent; glowing heat. Rarely candescence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
  • n. light from heat
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