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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

incandescence

A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

Noun.

[L. incandescens, incandesco; in and candesco; candeo, caneo, to be white, to shine; canus, white.]

A white heat; or the glowing whiteness of a body caused by intense heat. We say, a metal is heated to incandescence.

incandescence ‎(usually uncountable, plural incandescences)

emission of visible light by a hot body