1.
[syn: incandescence, glow]
2. light from heat;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incandescence
n 1: the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its
temperature is raised [syn: incandescence, glow]
2: light from heat
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "incandescence":
afterglow, air glow, bloom, blush, candescence, fieriness, flush,
gleam, glint, gloss, glow, hectic, hectic flush, luster, redness,
rosiness, sheen, shine, shininess, shining light, skylight,
sunset glow, whiteness