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incandescent

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in·can·des·cent  (nkn-dsnt)
adj.
1. Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.
2. Shining brilliantly; very bright. See Synonyms at bright.
3. Characterized by ardent emotion, intensity, or brilliance: an incandescent performance.
incan·descent·ly adv.
incandescent
Adjective
1. glowing with heat
2. (of artificial light) produced by a glowing filament [Latin incandescere to glow]
incandescence n
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Adj.1.incandescent - emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb"
candent
light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
2.incandescent - characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"
glorious - having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"
incandescent
adjective glowing, brilliant, shining, red-hot, radiant, luminous, white-hot, Day-Glo, phosphorescent
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It was like a moon, but an incandescent moon whose brilliancy was all the more intolerable as it cut sharply on the frightful darkness of space.
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Twelve hundred melting-troughs were simultaneously opened and twelve hundred fiery serpents crept toward the central well, unrolling their incandescent curves.
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As Mars approached opposition, Lavelle of Java set the wires of the astronomical exchange palpitating with the amazing intelli- gence of a huge outbreak of incandescent gas upon the planet.
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