Be incandescent
51incandescent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. glowing, brilliant; white hot. See light. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. radiant, glowing, brilliant, intense; see bright 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Giving off or reflecting light readily …
52incandescent — in·can des·cent || ‚ɪŋkÉ™n desnt / kæn adj. glowing with heat, burning white hot; filled with an intense emotion …
53incandescent bulb — light bulb, electric light that gives off light by means of a fine wire filament that becomes white hot …
54Incandescent — These lights use an electrically heated filament to produce light in a vacuum or inert gas filled bulb …
55Incandescent lamp — A glass enclosure in which light is produced when a tungsten filament is electrically heated so that it glows. Much of the energy is converted into heat; therefore, this class of lamp is a relatively inefficient source of light. Included in… …
56incandescent — a. White hot, glowing white …
57incandescent — adj 1. alight, lit, lighted, illuminating, lambent, irradiant; sunny, sunshiny, shining, beaming, beamy; fulgid, glittering, rutilant; fulgent, effulgent, refulgent; luminous, luminescent, lumi niferous, luciferous; sparkling, twinkling, flashing …
58incandescent — in·can·des·cent …
59incandescent — [ˌɪnkænˈdes(ə)nt] adj 1) producing light as a result of being made very hot 2) formal extremely angry incandescence noun [U] …
60incandescent lamp — in′candes′cent lamp′ n. elo elm a lamp in which a tungsten filament enclosed within an evacuated glass bulb glows as an electric current passes through it • Etymology: 1880–85 …
