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# incandescent

adjective (incandescent)

«incandescent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Giving out bright light because it is very hot, as in an incandescent light bulb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#m1)
2. (formal) Extremely angry, as in «incandescent with rage». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#m2)
3. Very bright, brilliant or full of feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, an incandescent bulb glows because a thin wire inside gets very hot; it wastes much energy as heat, so it has been replaced by LED bulbs. In stories: incandescent with rage = furious. Lava and hot metal are incandescent.

### Examples

- An incandescent bulb gets very hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#x1)
- The lava was incandescent and orange. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#x2)
- The blacksmith's iron was incandescent in the fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#x3)
- Dad was incandescent with rage about the scratched car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#x4)
- LED bulbs use less energy than incandescent ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#x5)
- Her smile was incandescent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Noun: incandescence. Science: in old bulbs most energy is wasted as heat, which is why they feel hot; LEDs are much more efficient.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «incandescent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incandescent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«incandescent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/incandescent.html) on Mova free.