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Synonyms for incandescence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-kuh n-des-uh ns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn kənˈdɛs əns |
Top 10 synonyms for incandescence Other synonyms for the word incandescence
- afterglow
- aurora
- bar
- beacon
- bedazzlement
- blaze
- blink
- blinking
- blush
- brightness
- brilliance
- brilliancy
- burnish
- calefaction
- calidity
- campfire
- candescence
- charring
- coals
- combustion
- conflagration
- coruscation
- dawn
- daybreak
- daytime
- dazzle
- devouring
- diffused light
- dog days
- effulgence
- element
- emanation
- embers
- fervor
- fever
- fieriness
- flame and smoke
- flames
- flare
- flicker
- flush
- fulgor
- glance
- glare
- glaze
- gleam
- glimmer
- glint
- glisten
- glitter
- gloss
- glow
- greenhouse effect
- gusto
- hearth
- heat
- heatwave
- hint
- holocaust
- hot spell
- hot spot
- hot weather
- hotness
- illumination
- imprint
- impulse
- incalescence
- incandescence
- inferno
- intensity
- iridescence
- irradiation
- lambency
- lamp
- lantern
- light
- lighthouse
- luminosity
- luminousness
- luster
- moonbeam
- morn
- morning
- opalescence
- oxidation
- passion
- patch
- pencil
- phlogiston
- phosphorescence
- polish
- pyre
- quiver
- radiance
- radiation
- rapid oxidation
- ray
- reflection
- refulgence
- resplendence
- scintilla
- scintillation
- scorching
- sea of flames
- searing
- shaft
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
- spangle
- spark
- sparkle
- sparks
- splendor
- star
- streak
- stream
- sultriness
- sun
- sunbeam
- sunrise
- sunshine
- swelter
- taper
- tinder
- torch
- torridity
- torridness
- trace
- twinkle
- twinkling
- up in smoke
- vision
- vividness
- warmness
- warmth
- wave
- window
Définition of incandescence
Origin :- 1650s, figurative, "state of being 'inflamed,'" from incandescent + -ence. Literal use from 1794.
- As in light : noun luminescence from sun or other source
- As in luster : noun gloss, shine
- As in radiance : noun brightness, luminescence
- As in ray : noun beam; indication
- As in shimmer : noun gleam
- As in hotness : noun heat
- As in torridity : noun heat
- As in torridness : noun heat
- As in fire : noun burning
- As in flash : noun shimmer, flicker
- As in glow : noun burning, brightness
- As in heat : noun high temperature
- Only the incandescence of the metal and the flame itself were visible.
- Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
- The garden where Nedda definitely was not present became bathed in incandescence.
- Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster
- It is true of all metals which are capable of being heated to incandescence.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- Did ever passion heat words to incandescence as it did those of Sappho?
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- Ashes and pumice heated to incandescence were blown through the air.
- Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
- Her arms were outstretched to the dimming form of Harry and the incandescence.
- Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
- A flash of light, a thread of incandescence, a quiver—and they were gone.
- Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
- I could see the outlines of his figure and a weird, single string of incandescence.
- Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
- Then the dot of blue—a string of incandescence; just as had been spoken.
- Extract from : « The Blind Spot » by Austin Hall
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