subincandescentadj.
/ˌsʌbˌɪnkanˈdɛsnt/, /ˌsʌbˌɪnkənˈdɛsnt/, /ˌsʌbˌɪŋkanˈdɛsnt/, /ˌsʌbˌɪŋkənˈdɛsnt/, U.S. /ˌsəbˌɪnkənˈdɛs(ə)nt/, /ˌsəbˌɪŋkənˈdɛs(ə)nt/ Nearly incandescent; hot but not brightly luminous.figurative in quot. 1823.
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1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 51 As it is, we can assure Dr Phillpotts that the face looks uncommonly long—eyes fierce—lip sulky—nostril sub-incandescent—occasional twitches a la Brougham.
1868 Macmillan's Mag. July 254/2 The prominences..may be attributable to sub-incandescent particles of solid matter at a red glowing heat only, suspended in the atmosphere.
1903 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 4) I. 18 The coronal atmosphere..consists mainly of subincandescent hydrogen.
1964 U.S. Patent 3,158,463 1 A further object is to make use of the exothermic heat resulting from such sub-incandescent oxidation to assist in the removal of the water normally occurring in the concentrates produced in the form of filter cake.
1988 T. D. McGee Princ. & Methods Temperature Measurem. xiii. 399 The several models cover a temperature span of 150–5000°F and are particularly suited to the measurement of subincandescent temperatures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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