Definition of Incandescence. Meaning of Incandescence. Synonyms of Incandescence

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Definition of Incandescence

Incandescence
Incandescence In`can*des"cence, n. [Cf. F. incandescence.] A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.

Meaning of Incandescence from wikipedia

- visible for the matter to visibly glow. This visible glow is called incandescence. Thermal radiation is one of the fundamental mechanisms of heat transfer...
- Incandescence is a 2008 science fiction novel by Australian author Greg Egan. The book is based on the idea that the theory of general relativity could...
- love with her." —Mohan Agashe on Smita Patil (Smita Patil, A Brief Incandescence) The Priyadarshni Academy started the Smita Patil Memorial Award for...
- System. It is a m****ive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its...
- Laser-induced incandescence (LII) is an in situ method of measuring aerosol particle volume fraction, primary particle sizes, and other thermophysical...
- denote a device capable of measuring the temperature of an object by its incandescence, visible light emitted by a body which is at least red-hot. Infrared...
- Copper just above its melting point keeps its pink luster color when enough light outshines the orange incandescence color....
- This is distinct from black body light emission resulting from heat (incandescence), chemical reactions (chemiluminescence), reactions in a liquid...
- at a cylinder of quicklime (calcium oxide), due to a combination of incandescence and candoluminescence. Although it has long since been replaced by electric...
- environment.  A luminescent object emits cold light in contrast to incandescence, where an object only emits light after heating. Generally, the emission...