incandescent

incandescent (ˌɪnkænˈdɛs^ənt)

—*adj*
1.	emitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature; red-hot or white-hot
2.	informal extremely angry; raging

[C18: from Latin incandescere to become hot, glow, from in-² + candescere to grow bright, from candēre to be white; see candid]

incan'descently

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

incandescent

1794, from L. incandescentem (nom. incandescens), prp. of incandescere "become warm, glow, kindle," from in- "within" + candescere "begin to glow, become white," inceptive of candere "to glow, to shine" (see candle).

Example sentences

They consume much less energy but provide light that is comparable to

incandescent lights.

The music evokes the gamelan, or incandescent undersea creatures suddenly

shadowed by a big fish.

Compact fluorescent lights are four times as efficient as today's incandescent

bulbs and last ten to twenty times as long.

Nearly all types of incandescent light bulbs are fairly inexpensive to produce

and are relatively inefficient.

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