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incandescent
English
Etymology
From French incandescent, from Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (“intensifying prefix”) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n.kæn?d?s.?nt/, /???.kæn?d?s.?nt/, /??n.k?n?d?s.?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n.kæn?d?s.?nt/, /??n.k?n?d?s.?nt/
- Rhymes: -?s?nt
Adjective
incandescent (comparative more incandescent, superlative most incandescent)
- emitting light as a result of being heated
- shining very brightly
- showing intense emotion, as of a performance, etc.
Derived terms
- incandescent lamp
Related terms
- incandescence
- incandescently
Translations
Noun
incandescent (plural incandescents)
- An incandescent lamp or bulb
Translations
See also
- fluorescent
French
Etymology
From Latin incandescens, from incandesco (“be heated, glow”), from in- (“intensifying prefix”) + candesco (“become white”), from candidus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.k??.d?.s??/
- Homophone: incandescents
- Hyphenation: in?can?de?scent
Adjective
incandescent (feminine singular incandescente, masculine plural incandescents, feminine plural incandescentes)
- incandescent
- Lorsque cette masse incandescente sortit des entrailles de la terre, elle se trouva entourée d'eau et se refroidit rapidement. (Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, L'Archipel de Chausey, souvenirs d'un Naturaliste, Revue des Deux Mondes, tome 30, 1842)
Related terms
- incandescence
References
- “incandescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- “incandescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
incand?scent
- third-person plural future active indicative of incand?sc?
Romanian
Etymology
From French incandescens
Adjective
incandescent m or n (feminine singular incandescent?, masculine plural incandescen?i, feminine and neuter plural incandescente)
- incandescent
Declension
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excandescent
English
Adjective
excandescent (comparative more excandescent, superlative most excandescent)
- Glowing with heat.
- 1883, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Addresses and Sermons Delivered During a Visit to the United States and Canada in 1878, Macmillan, p. 164:
- He will at last prevail, if only we have the grace to recognise Him, to seize the opportunities which, out of these excandescent heats, fly off as sparks from the anvil.
- 1883, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Addresses and Sermons Delivered During a Visit to the United States and Canada in 1878, Macmillan, p. 164:
Related terms
- excandescence
- incandescent
References
- Webster, Noah (1828) , “excandescent”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
- excandescent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “excandescent” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Latin
Verb
excand?scent
- third-person plural future active indicative of excand?sc?
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