Incandescent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.
  • adj. Shining brilliantly; very bright. See Synonyms at bright.
  • adj. Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance: an incandescent performance.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. emitting light as a result of being heated
  • adj. shining very brightly
  • adj. showing intense emotion, as of a performance etc.
  • n. An incandescent lamp or bulb
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; ; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Glowing with heat; rendered luminous by heat. Rarely candescent.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
  • adj. emitting light as a result of being heated
    • Equivalent
    glorious    light   
    Cross Reference
    incandescent electric light    fluorescent   
    Form
    incandescent lamp   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shining    brilliant    hot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crescent    adolescent    antidepressant    convalescent    crescent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    white-hot    blue-white    bluish    fluorescent    phosphorescent   
     
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