Thesaurus: incandescent

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1. a. White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.
2. adj. emitting light as a result of being heated
3. adj. characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
4. White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor. Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp.
5. White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as,incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescentthroughout. I. Taylor.Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the lightis produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usuallycarbon, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by anelectric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescencelamp, and glowlamp.
6. j:100 s. emitting light as a result of being heated s. characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance