MEANING
The emission of visible light from a sufficiently hot material.
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Words that belong together
- filament incandescence
- bright incandescence
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The filament's incandescence lit the small chamber.
Word forms
- Base
- incandescence
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: uncommon.
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