Found 3 items, similar to incandescent.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: incandescent berpijar, pijar
English → English (WordNet) Definition: incandescent incandescent adj 1: emitting light as a result of being heated; “an incandescent bulb” [syn: candent] 2: characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; “an incandescent performance”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Incandescent Incandescent \In`can*des"cent\, a. [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.] White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant. [1913 Webster] Holy Scripture become resplendent; or, as one might say, incandescent throughout. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Incandescent lamp, Incandescent light, Incandescent light bulb (Elec.), a kind of lamp in which the light is produced by a thin filament of conducting material, now usually tungsten, but originally carbon, contained in a vacuum or an atmosphere of inert gas within a glass bulb, and heated to incandescence by an electric current. It was inventerd by Thomas Edison, and was once called the Edison lamp; -- called also incandescence lamp, and glowlamp. This is one of the two most common sources of electric light, the other being the fluorescent light, fluorescent lamp or fluorescent bulb. [1913 Webster +PJC]