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INCANDESCENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light from heat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("incandescence" is a kind of...):
brightness; brightness level; light; luminance; luminosity; luminousness (the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light)
Derivation:
incandesce (become incandescent or glow with heat)
incandesce (cause to become incandescent or glow)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
Synonyms:
glow; incandescence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("incandescence" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
Derivation:
incandesce (become incandescent or glow with heat)
incandesce (cause to become incandescent or glow)
incandescent (emitting light as a result of being heated)
