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incandescence


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incandescence  \In`can*des"cence\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  incandescence.] 
  A  white  heat,  or  the  glowing  or  luminous  whiteness  of  a  body 
  caused  by  intense  heat. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incandescence 
  n  1:  the  phenomenon  of  light  emission  by  a  body  as  its 
  temperature  is  raised  [syn:  {glow}] 
  2:  light  from  heat 




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