incandesce
/ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs/
incandesce verb: to make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat.
Verb
incandesce (third-person singular simple present incandesces, present participle incandescing, simple past and past participle incandesced)
- To make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat.
- It incandesces in sulphurous acid at ordinary temperatures, sulphate of protoxide of lead being the product; it also incandesces when triturated with ⅛th of its weight of cane-sugar, or ⅙th of grape-sugar.1870, John Percy, The Metallurgy of Lead: Including Desilverisartion and Cupellation, page 24
- The receiver is in the form of a hollow glass ring, a circular filament occupying an axial position within the hollow portion of the ring, and being composed of material such as carbon of small cross-section, that incandesces upon the passage of an electric current1893, “Electrical Patents”, in Electrical Engineering: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine, page 63
Forms of incandesce
| third-person singular present | incandesces |
|---|---|
| present participle | incandescing |
| past participle | incandesced |
| past | incandesced |
Origin of incandesce
Back-formation from incandescent or from Latin incandescere
Words formed from incandesce
Words that rhyme with incandesce
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- success
- compress
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- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about incandesce
- What does incandesce mean?
- Incandesce means to make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat.
- What part of speech is incandesce?
- Incandesce is a verb.
- How do you pronounce incandesce?
- Incandesce is pronounced /ˌɪn.kænˈdɛs/.
- What is the past tense of incandesce?
- The past tense of incandesce is incandesced.
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