Incandescence

3 definitions found

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

  Incandescence \In`can*des"cence\, n. [Cf. F. incandescence.]
     A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body
     caused by intense heat.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  incandescence
       n 1: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its
            temperature is raised [syn: {glow}]
       2: light from heat

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "incandescence":
     afterglow, air glow, bloom, blush, candescence, fieriness, flush,
     gleam, glint, gloss, glow, hectic, hectic flush, luster, redness,
     rosiness, sheen, shine, shininess, shining light, skylight,
     sunset glow, whiteness