incandescent
pronunciation
How to pronounce incandescent in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkænˈdesnt]
How to pronounce incandescent in American English:
US [ˌɪnkənˈdɛsənt]
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- Adjective:
- emitting light as a result of being heated
- characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance
Word Origin
- incandescent (adj.)
- 1794, from French incandescent or directly from Latin incandescentem (nominative incandescens), present participle of incandescere "become warm, glow, kindle," from in- "within" (see in- (2)) + candescere "begin to glow, become white," inceptive of candere "to glow, to shine" (see candle).
Example
- 1. The probe consumes less electricity than three incandescent desk lamps .
- 2. But they generated also the beautiful word " incandescent " , or at least put it into common use .
- 3. Such luminous efficacy is probably beyond the scope of incandescent technology .
- 4. On march 17 , 2010 toshiba produced its last incandescent light bulb .
- 5. The incandescent light was a 19th-century failure and a 20th - century success .