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Meanings of candent in English

Emitting light as a result of being heated.

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        Uranium certainly is; thorium-thestuff of this incandescent gas mantle-certainlyis; actinium.
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        The incandescent brightness on the mountains was not lessened in the least.
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        3
        The human brain's power consumption resembles that of a 20-watt incandescent lightbulb.
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        4
        They use less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs and compact fluorescent fixtures.
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        An incandescent lamp marked 16-candle-power was set in each of the light-boxes.
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        Usage of candent in English
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        In the evening, they took to the air: mad droves of singular candent eyeballs stitched with fur and bat wings.
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