incandescent
8
6.7
- adjective
- /ˌɪn.kənˈdɛs.ənt/
- Specialized
:
incandescente
- The room was aglow with the warm, incandescent light of the vintage bulbs.
- an incandescent bulb
- incandescent light
And it's kind of like having a really hot burning LED light versus a really hot burning incandescent light.
- And it's kind of like having a really hot burning LED light versus a really hot burning incandescent light.
Examples
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Standing under the incandescent light, she felt the glow radiate warmth on her skin.
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But now she looked radiant, incandescent, glowing like a bride.
Fiction book (1999) -
But every time she passed the incandescent eyes of her new oil portrait, she thought of him.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the soft incandescent light, it seemed to Meredith that the painting of Rose came alive.
Fiction book (1996) -
His face is crimson, streaked with sweat, and the glaring August sun turns his white hair incandescent.
Fiction book (1998) -
At the edge of his field of vision, Comet Halley shone like an incandescent veil.
Fiction book (2002) -
The artist captured the incandescent glow of the sun setting behind the mountains.
Synonyms
459
1.0
Full of strong light that makes a place easy to see
38
4.8
Shining with a soft steady light like a lantern
6
4.1
So warm it glows red
3
5.3
Heated until it glows white
1
3.5
Shining very brightly like the sun
Glowing because it is very hot, like molten metal or lava
Glowing because it is very hot, like metal or coals
Something that gives off light or small particles, for example when heated
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.1
A light bulb that makes light by heating a thin wire inside glass
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Surface Forms
Morphology
incandescent = incandesce (semi-transparent) = in + candesc + ent
Formed from the verb 'incandesce' + the adjectival suffix '-ent'; the Latin-derived root 'candesc-' is not a productive or familiar English base for many learners, so the morphology is partially transparent.
Etymology
Incandescent comes from old Latin parts in- 'in' and candescere 'to glow', and the root cand is the same idea behind candle; think of something heated until it shines. So incandescent means giving off light because it is very hot.