INCANDESCENT


Meaning of INCANDESCENT in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be incandescent with rage formal (= be extremely angry )

The Queen was incandescent with rage.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an incandescent light bulb

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

All evening the table had been under a cone of supple white light hot light a soft shimmering incandescent glow.

But potential Nader voters are ideologically incandescent and do not need debates to motivate them.

Contemporary records suggest she possessed neither classic beauty nor a great voice: simply the built-in spotlight of the incandescent star.

It was a rare incandescent , magical full moon, alfresco evening.

Marie-Christine was beautiful in her billowing gown, and both she and Jacques looked almost incandescent with happiness.

The accumulator vanes within the hood energize the conductors and insulators of the capacitor to power this incandescent discharge.

The meteorite was described as being incandescent after landing on the ground.

Wordless images of a new life expanded her, making her feel an incandescent love for life.

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