incandesces
Shines from heat
Incandesces means glows with heat, emitting light from being heated to a high temperature.
A filament incandesces when electric current passes through it.
The word appears rarely outside technical contexts, where incandescent or incandescence are preferred: The metal incandesces briefly before melting.
Glowing luminous quality
- luminescenceHeatless light emission
- glowSteady, soft light
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- gleamFaint reflected light
shimmer · glimmer · phosphorescence · luminosity · effulgence · refulgence · white-hot · red-hot
Burning very brightly
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- burningCombustion in progress
fiery · ardent · brilliant · vivid · intense · searing · white-hot · impassioned
Pertaining to warmth
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- filamentVery thin thread
- tungstenElement seventy-four
resistance · kiln · forge · smelting · molten · temperature · warmth · burning
radiance
Glowing luminous quality
- luminescenceHeatless light emission
- glowSteady, soft light
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
gleam · shimmer · glimmer · phosphorescence · luminosity · effulgence · refulgence · white-hot · red-hot · filament
blazing
Burning very brightly
- fierceViolently intense or aggressive
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
burning · fiery · ardent · brilliant · vivid · intense · searing · white-hot · impassioned · inflamed
thermal
Pertaining to warmth
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- filamentVery thin thread
tungsten · resistance · kiln · forge · smelting · molten · temperature · warmth · burning · scorching
bulb
Rounded storage organ
lamp · illumination · wattage · voltage · electric · cathode · vacuum · halogen · fixture · lumens
incandescescools
Lowers in temperature
freezes · chills · congeals · refrigerates · cools down
- incandescent bulbLight from heated filament
- incandescent lightLamp using heated wire
- incandescent glowLight from heated matter
- incandescent lampLight from heated wire
- Incandescent light bulbHeated filament produces illumination
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