Hypertext Webster Gateway: "candent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
candent
adj : emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent
bulb" [syn: {incandescent}]
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