Incandescent

What do we mean by incandescent?

Emitting visible light as a result of being heated. adjective

Shining brilliantly; very bright. synonym: bright. adjective

Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance. adjective

Of or relating to a light bulb containing a filament that is heated to incandescence by an electric current. adjective

An incandescent light bulb. noun

A lamp that is fitted with an incandescent light bulb. noun

Glowing with heat; rendered luminous by heat. Rarely candescent.

White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; ; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. adjective

A kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, now usually tungsten, but originally carbon, contained in a vacuum or an atmosphere of inert gas within a glass bulb, and heated to incandescence by an electric current. It was inventerd by Thomas Edison, and was once called the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp. This is one of the two most common sources of electric light, the other being the fluorescent light, fluorescent lamp or fluorescent bulb. adjective

Emitting light as a result of being heated adjective

Shining very brightly adjective

Showing intense emotion, as of a performance etc. adjective

An incandescent lamp or bulb noun

Characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance adjective

Emitting light as a result of being heated adjective

An incandescent lamp or bulb

Words that are spelled similarly to incandescent:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word incandescent:
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Words that rhyme with incandescent:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe incandescent:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective incandescent:
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Words that sound like incandescent:
incandescent, incandescence, incandescently, unconditioned, in condition, inconsistent, incontinent, incandesce, incalescent, increscent, incognisant.