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incandesced

incandesced is the simple past and past participle of incandesce.

Meaning of incandesce

Verb

incandesce (third-person singular simple present incandesces, present participle incandescing, simple past and past participle incandesced)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

Questions about incandesced

What is incandesced the simple past and past participle of?
Incandesced is the simple past and past participle of incandesce.

Words near incandesced in the dictionary

  1. incamped
  2. incamping
  3. incamps
  4. Incan
  5. incandesce
  6. incandesced
  7. incandescence
  8. incandescences
  9. incandescency
  10. incandescent
  11. incandescent lamp

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