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INCANDESCENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incandescent mean? 

INCANDESCENT (adjective)
  The adjective INCANDESCENT has 2 senses:

1. emitting light as a result of being heatedplay

2. characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brillianceplay

  Familiarity information: INCANDESCENT used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INCANDESCENT (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Emitting light as a result of being heated

Synonyms:

candent; incandescent

Context example:

an incandescent bulb

Similar:

light (characterized by or emitting light)

Derivation:

incandescence (the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance

Context example:

an incandescent performance

Similar:

glorious (having or deserving or conferring glory)


 Context examples 


Together these two sets of data form a complete picture of the process; cold gas fall towards the black hole, igniting the black hole and causing it to launch fast-moving jets of incandescent plasma into the void.

(ALMA and MUSE Detect Galactic Fountain, ESO)



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