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incandescence

[in-kuhn-des-uhns] / ˌɪn kənˈdɛs əns /














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This profile from Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill is a bid to reclaim the valuable heat of Pallenberg’s incandescence, while never shielding viewers from her life’s lasting burn marks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2024

These fragments themselves pancaked, creating a series of brief but powerful flashes of light as they heated to incandescence.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2023

Patrick Mahomes’s incandescence, Travis Kelce’s reliability and Reid’s guidance have planted the Chiefs atop the NFL.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023

“Spots of incandescence may remain near the vent, along channels, and at the flow front for days or weeks as the lava flows cool,” the observatory’s activity summary said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 13, 2022

The molten stone poured out in a stream of dazzling incandescence across the road; the asbestos rollers came and went; at the tail of an insulated watering cart the steam rose in white clouds.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley




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