adj. 1 glowing with heat. 2 shining brightly. 3 (of an electric or other light) produced by a glowing white-hot filament. incandescence n. incandescently adv.
[ F f. L incandescere (as IN-(2), candescere inceptive of candere be white) ]
INCANDESCENT
Meaning of INCANDESCENT in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012