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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCANDES'CENCE, n. [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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised [syn: incandescence, glow]
2: light from heat

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1656 the quality or state of being incandescent; especially emission by a hot body of radiation that makes it visible

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see incandescent

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. White heat, glowing whiteness.

Moby Thesaurus

afterglow, air glow, bloom, blush, candescence, fieriness, flush, gleam, glint, gloss, glow, hectic, hectic flush, luster, redness, rosiness, sheen, shine, shininess, shining light, skylight, sunset glow, whiteness