INCANDESCENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Light from heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("incandescence" is a kind of...):

brightness; brightness level; light; luminance; luminosity; luminousness (the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light)

Derivation:

incandesce (become incandescent or glow with heat)

incandesce (cause to become incandescent or glow)

Meaning:

The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

Synonyms:

glow; incandescence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("incandescence" is a kind of...):

light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)

Derivation:

incandesce (become incandescent or glow with heat)

incandesce (cause to become incandescent or glow)

incandescent (emitting light as a result of being heated)