incandescentadj.n.

/ɪnkanˈdɛsənt/

Etymology: < Latin incandēscent-em, present participle of incandēscĕre to incandesce v.: so in French (1798 in Dict. Acad.).

a. Emitting light on account of being at a high temperature; glowing with heat.

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the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > incandescent

incandescent1794

candescent1824

white-hot1855

incandescing1874

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [adjective] > luminescent > produced by heat or friction

white-hot1587

incandescent1794

incandescing1874

thermoluminescent1899

triboluminescent1904

tribophosphorescent1904

1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 172 The incandescent heat..would soon be carried away from the mass of coals, however great.

1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 27 If the heated body is not luminous or incandescent, as hot water, for instance.

1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light 43 The spectrum of incandescent sodium-vapour consists of a brilliant band on the confines of the orange and yellow.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) i. 35 The hypothesis of an originally incandescent globe.

b. gen. Glowing, brightly shining, brilliantly luminous.

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the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glowing

burningc1000

glowingc1000

flaming?a1400

rutilanta1460

glenta1529

steaminga1542

ardent1603

flaring1633

glowy1670

aflame1680

coalish1686

flushing1728

incandescent1867

smouldering1898

1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 124 If any incandescent object be placed in a suitable position.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxi. 220 Here gush the sparkles incandescent Like scattered showers of golden sand.

1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xi. 228 Through forest vistas, the incandescent snow greeted us.

c. transferred. Intensely hot. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very

wall-hotc1000

walm-hotOE

hot as hellOE

welling?a1200

welling hota1400

aestuant?1440

burning1484

scalding?a1513

broiling1555

roasting1567

walming hot1601

boiling hot1607

baking1656

stewing-hot1711

piping1823

grilling1839

seething1848

white-hot1855

stewing1856

incandescent1859

swithering1895

boiling1930

1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 8 These are the shops to make your incandescent coppers hiss.

d. technical. Applied to that form of electric light produced by the incandescence of a filament or strip of carbon: the glow-lamp as distinguished from the arc light: see arc n. 5. Hence extended to various forms of gas and other lamps in which an appliance of a similar nature is used to increase the brightness of the flame.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [adjective] > incandescent (of lamp)

incandescent1881

1848 Times 2 Nov. 3/6 The Electric light..is not a flame, but is an incandescent light.]

1881 Sir W. Thomson in Nature No. 619. 434 A Faure cell..charged and employed to excite incandescent vacuum-lamps.

1894 Daily News 7 Nov. 7/3 The use of the ‘incandescent’ or Welsbach burners is rapidly increasing..The leading features of the system are..the incandescence of a cone or ‘mantle’ of filament, by which a soft, white, steady, and smokeless light is given.

1899 Mod. Incandescent gas lamps were introduced two years ago to light the streets of Oxford.

e. Also n. An incandescent lamp or burner.

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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > incandescent lamp

glow-lamp1884

glow-light1891

incandescent1908

inky1929

1908 S. Ford Side-stepping with Shorty 38 It was dark, and about half a million incandescents had been turned on.

1925 C. R. Cooper Lions 'n' Tigers v. 143 The great, empty building, where only a few incandescents gleamed dully.

1971 General Electric Investor II. ii. 5 Lucalox is giving Washington double the light output of its former mercury lighting and six times the levels of its original incandescents.

2. figurative. Becoming or being warm or intense in feeling, expression, etc.; ardent, fiery; ‘flaming up’.

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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflamed with passion

fire-hotOE

eschaufedc1374

on firea1393

inflammatec1450

inflamed1526

enkindled1549

boiling1579

seething1590

heated1595

red-hot1598

aflame1632

on flame1656

ablaze1819

burnt1859

incandescent1859

1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 340 Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent; through~out, and taking effect on all minds.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 23 As he dwells on the point his words seem to grow incandescent with the writer's vehemence.

1894 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 2/3 The ‘incandescent passions’ of the Anti-Semites.

Derivatives

incanˈdescently adv. also figurative ‘hotly’.

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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb]

hotlyeOE

ardently1340

burningly1340

firely1340

ferventlyc1374

warmly1529

fierily1600

glowinglya1625

incandescently1803

fervidly1847

tropically1896

Messianically1976

1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 184 More incandescently wrong-headed than any body else.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	incandescent
释义	incandescentadj.n. /ɪnkanˈdɛsənt/ Etymology: < Latin incandēscent-em, present participle of incandēscĕre to incandesce v.: so in French (1798 in Dict. Acad.). 1. a. Emitting light on account of being at a high temperature; glowing with heat. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted under particular conditions > [adjective] > incandescent incandescent1794 candescent1824 white-hot1855 incandescing1874 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > light > intensity of light, luminosity > [adjective] > luminescent > produced by heat or friction white-hot1587 incandescent1794 incandescing1874 thermoluminescent1899 triboluminescent1904 tribophosphorescent1904 1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 172 The incandescent heat..would soon be carried away from the mass of coals, however great. 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 27 If the heated body is not luminous or incandescent, as hot water, for instance. 1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light 43 The spectrum of incandescent sodium-vapour consists of a brilliant band on the confines of the orange and yellow. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) i. 35 The hypothesis of an originally incandescent globe. b. gen. Glowing, brightly shining, brilliantly luminous. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [adjective] > glowing burningc1000 glowingc1000 flaming?a1400 rutilanta1460 glenta1529 steaminga1542 ardent1603 flaring1633 glowy1670 aflame1680 coalish1686 flushing1728 incandescent1867 smouldering1898 1867 J. Hogg Microscope (ed. 6) i. ii. 124 If any incandescent object be placed in a suitable position. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxi. 220 Here gush the sparkles incandescent Like scattered showers of golden sand. 1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada xi. 228 Through forest vistas, the incandescent snow greeted us. c. transferred. Intensely hot. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very wall-hotc1000 walm-hotOE hot as hellOE welling?a1200 welling hota1400 aestuant?1440 burning1484 scalding?a1513 broiling1555 roasting1567 walming hot1601 boiling hot1607 baking1656 stewing-hot1711 piping1823 grilling1839 seething1848 white-hot1855 stewing1856 incandescent1859 swithering1895 boiling1930 1859 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock (1861) 8 These are the shops to make your incandescent coppers hiss. d. technical. Applied to that form of electric light produced by the incandescence of a filament or strip of carbon: the glow-lamp as distinguished from the arc light: see arc n. 5. Hence extended to various forms of gas and other lamps in which an appliance of a similar nature is used to increase the brightness of the flame. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [adjective] > incandescent (of lamp) incandescent1881 1848 Times 2 Nov. 3/6 The Electric light..is not a flame, but is an incandescent light.] 1881 Sir W. Thomson in Nature No. 619. 434 A Faure cell..charged and employed to excite incandescent vacuum-lamps. 1894 Daily News 7 Nov. 7/3 The use of the ‘incandescent’ or Welsbach burners is rapidly increasing..The leading features of the system are..the incandescence of a cone or ‘mantle’ of filament, by which a soft, white, steady, and smokeless light is given. 1899 Mod. Incandescent gas lamps were introduced two years ago to light the streets of Oxford. e. Also n. An incandescent lamp or burner. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > incandescent lamp glow-lamp1884 glow-light1891 incandescent1908 inky1929 1908 S. Ford Side-stepping with Shorty 38 It was dark, and about half a million incandescents had been turned on. 1925 C. R. Cooper Lions 'n' Tigers v. 143 The great, empty building, where only a few incandescents gleamed dully. 1971 General Electric Investor II. ii. 5 Lucalox is giving Washington double the light output of its former mercury lighting and six times the levels of its original incandescents. 2. figurative. Becoming or being warm or intense in feeling, expression, etc.; ardent, fiery; ‘flaming up’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflamed with passion fire-hotOE eschaufedc1374 on firea1393 inflammatec1450 inflamed1526 enkindled1549 boiling1579 seething1590 heated1595 red-hot1598 aflame1632 on flame1656 ablaze1819 burnt1859 incandescent1859 1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 340 Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent; through~out, and taking effect on all minds. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 23 As he dwells on the point his words seem to grow incandescent with the writer's vehemence. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 2/3 The ‘incandescent passions’ of the Anti-Semites. Derivatives incanˈdescently adv. also figurative ‘hotly’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb] hotlyeOE ardently1340 burningly1340 firely1340 ferventlyc1374 warmly1529 fierily1600 glowinglya1625 incandescently1803 fervidly1847 tropically1896 Messianically1976 1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 184 More incandescently wrong-headed than any body else. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.n.1794
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