Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.
- adjective Shining brilliantly; very bright. synonym: bright.
- adjective Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance.
- adjective Of or relating to a light bulb containing a filament that is heated to incandescence by an electric current.
- noun An incandescent light bulb.
- noun A lamp that is fitted with an incandescent light bulb.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Glowing with heat; rendered luminous by heat. Rarely candescent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; ; hence, clear; shining; brilliant.
- adjective (Elec.) a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, now usually tungsten, but originally carbon, contained in a vacuum or an atmosphere of inert gas within a glass bulb, and heated to incandescence by an electric current. It was inventerd by Thomas Edison, and was once called the
Edison lamp ; -- called alsoincandescence lamp , andglowlamp . This is one of the two most common sources of electric light, the other being thefluorescent light ,fluorescent lamp orfluorescent bulb .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
emitting light as aresult ofbeing heated - adjective
shining verybrightly - adjective showing
intense emotion , as of aperformance etc. - noun An incandescent lamp or bulb
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
- adjective emitting light as a result of being heated
Etymologies
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Examples
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Q It's been probably a couple of years since the President lamented the fact that they still have what he called incandescent bulbs in the White House.
Press Briefing By Todd Stern ITY National Archives 1999
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Yet your people have, as you well know, what they call incandescent lights everywhere.
Over the Teacups Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Yet your people have, as you well know, what they call incandescent lights everywhere.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I would guess the filament in incandescent bulbs would be fried by a spike much more easily compared to fluorescent (gas).
voltage 2008
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And if you want a really natural christmas tree with warm white light, incandescent is the only choice because of its great spectral quality.
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One vision of the LED City Lights program is to have people trade in incandescent lights for LED lights.
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Swirling scenes in incandescent jewel tones and bold black lines illustrate excerpts from the King James Version of the Bible, which are selected highlights rather than a continuous narrative.
The Best Versions of the Easter Story for Children « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007
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Swirling scenes in incandescent jewel tones and bold black lines illustrate excerpts from the King James Version of the Bible, which are selected highlights rather than a continuous narrative.
The Best Versions of the Easter Story for Children « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007
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Swirling scenes in incandescent jewel tones and bold black lines illustrate excerpts from the King James Version of the Bible, which are selected highlights rather than a continuous narrative.
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If you’re looking for the latest advancements in incandescent light bulb technology, one place you don’t want to go is to a lighting trade show.
Edison, Make Way for the L.E.D.’s - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
racquelcline commented on the word incandescent
Sustainability paper research- "90% of U.S. residential lighting is provided by incandescent bulbs, which is bad news and good news."
November 1, 2010