Incandescent first came to light in the English language toward the end of the 1700s, at a time when scientific experiments involving heat and light were being conducted on an increasingly frequent …

An incandescent light bulb, also known as an incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe, is an electric light that produces illumination by Joule heating a filament until it glows.

INCANDESCENT definition: 1. producing a bright light from a heated filament or other part: 2. extremely bright: 3. showing…. Learn more.

Incandescent definition: (of light) produced by incandescence.. See examples of INCANDESCENT used in a sentence.

1. An incandescent light bulb. 2. A lamp that is fitted with an incandescent light bulb.

Definition of incandescent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

incandescent lamp, any of various devices that produce light by heating a suitable material to a high temperature. When any solid or gas is heated, commonly by combustion or resistance to an electric …

If you describe someone or something as incandescent, you mean that they are very lively and impressive. Gill had an extraordinary, incandescent personality. ...an incandescent performance from …

incandescent /ˌɪnkænˈdɛsənt/ adj emitting light as a result of being heated to a high temperature; red-hot or white-hot informal extremely angry; raging Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin incandescere to …

When heated, coals become incandescent, which means that they glow red-hot. You could also describe a brilliant and moving novel as incandescent. Incandescent, like the word candle, has its …