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US
/ˌɪnkənˈdɛsənt/
]
[ UK /ˌɪnkɐndˈɛsənt/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪnkɐndˈɛsənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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emitting light as a result of being heated
an incandescent bulb -
characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
an incandescent performance
How To Use incandescent In A Sentence
- I got off it and he was incandescent with rage, much of which was to impress the owners. The Sun
- The difference in turn-on time would generally not be noticeable for standard household incandescent bulbs, since they turn on very quickly.
- I sit on the ledge and watch the sun play with incandescent shadows of deep green, as red deer graze in the distance.
- The mountain's snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.
- Timberland said the new LED lamps are twice as efficient as the comparative foot-candle incandescent bulbs they replaced. Daily apparel and textile news and comment - from just-style.com
- The Prince was said to be incandescent with rage .
- This was an incandescent performance of real beauty and power. Times, Sunday Times
- I swung from blind happiness to almost incandescent, unfocused rage within a second, almost before I had a chance to think about it.
- And the rising sun met the falling star and flashed into coruscant life, a roaring tide of fiery might that batted away cold beams and sent an incandescent lance of godly light in retaliation.
- The Romanian-Jewish writer Mihail Sebastian 1907-45 came to the attention of the English-speaking world in 2000 with the publication of his incandescently angry and exacting World War II diaries. Tender and Tense