English-Thai Dictionary
incandescent
ADJ ที่ ร้อนแรง (อารมณ์ ที่ เร่าร้อน ablaze fiery ti-ron-rang
incandescent
ADJ ที่ ส่องแสง glowing fluorescent radiant ti-song-sang
incandescent lamp
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INCANDESCENT
a.White or glowing with heat.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INCANDESCENT
In `can *des "cent, a. Etym: [L. incandecens, -entis, p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. fr. candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. F. incandescent. See Candle. ]
Defn: White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. I. Taylor. Incandescent lamp or light (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, usually carbon, contained in a vacuum, and heated to incandescence by an electric current, as in the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp.
New American Oxford Dictionary
incandescent
in can des cent |ˌinkənˈdesənt ˌɪnkənˈdɛsnt | ▶adjective 1 emitting light as a result of being heated: plumes of incandescent liquid rock. • (of an electric light ) containing a filament that glows white-hot when heated by a current passed through it. 2 passionate or brilliant: Mravinsky's incandescent performance of Siegfried's Funeral March. • extremely angry: she was incandescent at the way the IRS acted. DERIVATIVES in can des cence noun, in can des cent ly adverb ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from Latin incandescent- ‘glowing, ’ from the verb incandescere, from in- (expressing intensive force ) + candescere ‘become white ’ (from candidus ‘white ’).
Oxford Dictionary
incandescent
in ¦can |des ¦cent |ɪnkanˈdɛs (ə )nt | ▶adjective 1 emitting light as a result of being heated: plumes of incandescent liquid rock. • (of an electric light ) containing a filament which glows white-hot when heated by a current passed through it. 2 full of strong emotion; passionate: she felt an incandescent love for life. • extremely angry: I am incandescent at the way I've been treated. DERIVATIVES incandescence noun, incandescently adverb ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from Latin incandescent- ‘glowing ’, from the verb incandescere, from in- (expressing intensive force ) + candescere ‘become white ’ (from candidus ‘white ’).
American Oxford Thesaurus
incandescent
incandescent adjective 1 incandescent fragments of lava: white-hot, red-hot, burning, fiery, blazing, ablaze, aflame; glowing, aglow, radiant, bright, brilliant, luminous, sparkling; literary fervid, lucent; rare igneous. 2 an incandescent speech: passionate, ardent, fervent, fervid, intense, impassioned, spirited, fiery.
Oxford Thesaurus
incandescent
incandescent adjective 1 incandescent fragments of lava: white-hot, intensely hot, red-hot, burning, fiery, on fire, blazing, ablaze, aflame; glowing, aglow, radiant, bright, brilliant, dazzling, shining, luminous, gleaming; literary fervid, fervent, ardent, rutilant, lucent, candescent. 2 the minister was said to be incandescent: furious, enraged, raging, very angry, incensed, seething, infuriated, fuming, boiling, inflamed, irate, wrathful, in a temper, beside oneself; in high dudgeon, indignant, outraged; informal livid, hot under the collar, up in arms, foaming at the mouth, mad, hopping mad, wild, as cross as two sticks, apoplectic, riled, aerated, on the warpath, steamed up, in a lather, in a paddy, fit to be tied, up the wall; N. Amer. informal bent out of shape, soreheaded; Austral. /NZ informal ropeable, snaky, crook; W. Indian informal vex; Brit. informal, dated in a bate; literary ireful, wroth. ANTONYMS calm.
French Dictionary
incandescent
incandescent , ente adj. adjectif Qui est en incandescence. : Des lampes incandescentes. Prononciation La troisième syllabe se prononce dé, [ɛ̃kɑ̃desɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] Note Orthographique incand esc ent.
Spanish Dictionary
incandescente
incandescente adjetivo [cuerpo ] Que adquiere un color rojo o blanco por haber sido sometido a altas temperaturas, especialmente el carbón y los metales :hierro incandescente; el filamento incandescente de una bombilla .SINÓNIMO candente .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
incandescent
in can des cent /ɪ̀nkəndés (ə )nt |-kæn -/形容詞 1 白熱光を発する .2 光り輝く .3 熱烈な .~̀ b ú lb 白熱電球 .~̀ l á mp 白熱灯 [電球 ].~ly 副詞 光り輝いて .