Candent

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Candent \Can`dent\, a. [L. candens, p. pr. of cand["e]re to
     glitter. See {Candid}.]
     Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. "A candent vessel."
     --Boyle.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  candent
       adj : emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent
             bulb" [syn: {incandescent}]