Term Gallery logo

Meanings of incandescence in inglés

portugués
incandescência
catalán
incandescència

The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised.

        incandescência
        ruso
        белое каление
        portugués
        incandescência
        español
        incandescencia
        catalán
        incandescent

        Emission of electromagnetic radiation (including visible light) from a hot body as a result of its temperature.

              Related terms
              incandescencia
              Usage of incandescence in inglés
              1
              Only the incandescence of the metal and the flame itself were visible.
              The Black Star Passes
              2
              These wandering bodies carry in themselves the principle of their own incandescence.
              The Moon-Voyage
              3
              The garden where Nedda definitely was not present became bathed in incandescence.
              The Pirates of Ersatz
              4
              Arsenic and antimony in powder combine with this gaseous body with incandescence.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
              5
              A flaming speck of pure incandescence sped from the yacht through emptiness.
              The Pirates of Ersatz
              6
              This time the carbon strip burned at incandescence for about eight minutes.
              Edison: His Life and Inventions
              7
              Scarcely visible, the air about him blazed with bluish incandescence of ionization.
              Invaders from the Infinite
              8
              Sophie opened her mouth and screamed, her aura blazing with silver incandescence.
              The Alchemyst
              9
              Another of the Black Lightnings vanished in a white flare of incandescence.
              Earth strike: star carrier: book one
              10
              Then the dot of blue- astringof incandescence; just as had been spoken.
              The Blind Spot
              11
              Bright-eyed and furious, the south London quintet are a picture of youthful incandescence.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Her arms were outstretched to the dimming form of Harry and the incandescence.
              The Blind Spot
              13
              The incandescence, so to call it, was on the left side.
              An Old Maid
              14
              There were tiny shifts in the air, intervals of greater and lesser incandescence.
              Flesh and blood
              15
              Whatever it touched fused instantly into a brilliantly glowing mass of liquid incandescence.
              The Black Star Passes
              16
              He gave it a series of rapid shakes, and it flared into incandescence.
              The lies of locke lamora
              About this term
              More collocations
              Translations for incandescence
              portugués
              incandescência
              Incandescence through the time
              Incandescence across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common