incandescent

Meanings

• adjective

  A state of glowing brightly caused by the emission of light, particularly by heating an object to a high temperature.

  - "The bulb is incandescent when turned on."
  - "The room was filled with the warm, incandescent glow of the fireplace."

• noun

  A type of light bulb that produces light by heating a filament until it glows.

  - "Replace the burnt-out incandescent bulb with a new one."
  - "The energy efficiency of incandescent bulbs is much lower than that of LED bulbs."

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Pronunciation

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with incandescent
condescend , commend , descend , transcend , ascend

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Variants

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incandescent , incandescently , incandescent lamp , incandescents , incandescent lamps , incandescent light bulb , incandescent with rage

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'incandescentem' meaning 'glowing, burning', from 'in' meaning 'in' and 'candescentem' meaning 'glowing, burning'.

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Trivia

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1. Incandescent bulbs were the primary type of light bulbs used until the 21st century, when more energy-efficient alternatives such as LED bulbs became widely available.

2. The first practical incandescent light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison in 1879.

3. Incandescent bulbs are less energy-efficient than LED bulbs because they convert only a small percentage of the electrical energy they use into light, with the rest being lost as heat.

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Related Concepts

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1. Fluorescent: Another type of light bulb that produces light by exciting a gas with an electric discharge. Unlike incandescent bulbs, fluorescent bulbs do not produce heat and are more energy-efficient.

2. Luminescence: The production and emission of light by a substance that is not heated. This can occur through various mechanisms, such as chemiluminescence or bioluminescence.

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Culture

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Incandescent has been used extensively in literature and art to describe various scenes of glowing or burning objects. For example, in Dante's Inferno, the seventh circle of hell is described as 'an incandescent lake of blood'. In music, the term 'incandescent' has been used in song titles such as 'Incandescent' by the band Amon Amarth.

How to Memorize "incandescent"

1. visualize
   

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2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'incandescent' with the image of a glowing light bulb or a hot object emitting light.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Incandescent bulbs glow bright' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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