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incalescent
[ in-kuh-les-uhnt ]
adjective
- increasing in heat or ardor.
incalescent
/ ˌɪəˈɛəԳ /
adjective
- chem increasing in temperature
Derived Forms
- ˌԳˈԳ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- c·cԳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of incalescent1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of incalescent1
Example Sentences
Incalescent, in-kal-es′ent, adj. growing warm.—n.
A play in which a male went after a female breathing like an incalescent bull.
The conclusion seemed obvious "that these meteors are formed of very soft materials, which expand while incalescent, and are immediately crumbled and dissipated into exiguous dust."
That centre of convulsions and source of streams possessed the statistical orator, the reasoning orator, and the inspired; with others of quality; and yet it had need of an ever-ready spontaneous imperturbable speaker, whose bubbling generalizations and ability to beat the drum humorous could swing halls of meeting from the grasp of an enemy, and then ascend on incalescent adjectives to the popular idea of the sublime.
That centre of convulsions and source of streams possessed the statistical orator, the reasoning orator, and the inspired; with others of quality; and yet it had need of an ever- ready spontaneous imperturbable speaker, whose bubbling generalizations and ability to beat the drum humorous could swing halls of meeting from the grasp of an enemy, and then ascend on incalescent adjectives to the popular idea of the sublime.
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