INCANDESCE

incandesce

(verb) become incandescent or glow with heat; “an incandescing body”

incandesce

(verb) cause to become incandescent or glow; “the lamp was incandesced”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

incandesce (third-person singular simple present incandesces, present participle incandescing, simple past and past participle incandesced)

(ambitransitive) To make or become incandescent, especially by the application of heat.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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