the state of being extremely bright:
Incandescent
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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.
Incandescent meaning & definition 1 of Incandescent.
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A word used to define any old-fashioned, in-efficient thing to do or way of doing things. Named for the way incandescent light bulbs were replaced by much better fluorescent one.
Incandescent meaning & definition 2 of Incandescent.
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producing a bright light from a heated filament or other part:
Incandescent meaning & definition 3 of Incandescent.
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Emitting light as a result of being heated.
Incandescent meaning & definition 4 of Incandescent.