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incandescing

incandescing is the present participle and gerund 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 incandescing

What is incandescing the present participle and gerund of?
Incandescing is the present participle and gerund of incandesce.

Words near incandescing in the dictionary

  1. incandescent lamps
  2. incandescentlike
  3. incandescently
  4. incandescents
  5. incandesces
  6. incandescing
  7. incanescent
  8. incannulation
  9. incannulations
  10. incanous
  11. incant

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