Incandescent

/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs.ənt/ · adjective

Meaning

Emitting light as a result of being heated..

Definitions by Sense

1. Emitting light as a result of being heated.
2. Shining very brightly.
3. (figurative) Showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.
4. Extremely angry; furious.
5. An incandescent lamp or bulb.

Example Sentences

We will all go together when we go / All suffused with an incandescent glow

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.

Those multitoned buttes and mesas [of the Grand Canyon], 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 [on Mars].

The incandescent performance enraptured the audience.

She is incandescent with rage because someone stole her wallet.

Compact fluorescents are typically rated at 7,500 to 10,000 hours, and incandescents at about 1,500 hours.

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Word Forms

• more incandescent
• most incandescent
• incandescents

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