in´can|des´cent|ly

in´can|des´cent|ly
in|can|des|cent «IHN kuhn DEHS uhnt», adjective.
1. glowing with heat; red-hot or white-hot; heated to such a high temperature that it gives out light: »

The embers of he fire were still incandescent even though the flames had disappeared. The light of an electric lamp comes from an incandescent filament.

2. Figurative. intensely bright; brilliant; radiant: »

The young man with the dark forelock dropping over his incandescent eyes (Time). [He] makes a first appearance of incandescent charm (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

3. having to do with or containing a material that gives light by incandescence.
╂[< Latin incandēscēns, -entis, present participle of incandēscere; see etym. under incandesce (Cf. ↑incandesce)]
–in´can|des´cent|ly, adverb.

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