Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incandescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incandescence
n 1: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its
temperature is raised [syn: {glow}]
2: light from heat
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