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Incandescence

Incandescence meaning

the emission of visible light by a hot body | the light so emitted | great emotion, especially anger

Example sentences (3)

An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature, by passing an electric current through it, until it glows with visible light ( incandescence ).

Looking like a delicate woven bag above the woven cotton wick, the mantle is a residue of mineral materials (mostly thorium dioxide ), heated to incandescence by the flame from the wick.

These radioisotopes from material ejected in the explosion excite surrounding material to incandescence.