incandescence

Examples

• All

• The van's headlights sprayed diminishing cones of incandescence across the southbound lanes.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I held that ball high above my head, and it glowed, literally, with an unearthly blue incandescence.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Then, it was there: the core of this fantastic incandescence... the source of the light.

  Fiction book (1991)

• One day, London will glow with incandescence, and will be so beautiful that even you will be moved by it.

  Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

• This field is illuminated by the eerie incandescence of searchlights and flashbulbs.

  Radio Days (1987)

• I understood that this was the spirit rising out of Isaac, a soft blue incandescence; it seemed to me the actual formation of an aura around his collapsing form.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The campfire emitted a warm incandescence that illuminated the faces of the gathered friends.

• During the experiment, the heated filament reached incandescence, casting a brilliant light in the lab.

Synonyms

G

glow

vsincandescence

119 1.0

A steady soft light coming from an object or surface

shows light produced when an object becomes very hot

Antonyms

D

darkness

534 1.0

A time or place with almost no light

C

cold

131 1.0

The feeling of low temperature on your body

How Bright

blaze

70 3.5

radiance

11 4.2

incandescence

• Specialized

1 8.2

dim glow

1 2.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology