Noun
A white heat, or the glowing or luminous whiteness of a body caused by intense heat.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe small wad of burning paper drew down to a wisp of flame and then died out leaving a faint pattern for just a moment in the incandescence like the shape of a flower, a molten rose. Then all was dark again. Cormac McCarthy
O Adolescence, O Adolescence I wince before thine incandescence... When anxious elders swarm about Crying "Where are you going?", thou answerest "Out,"... Strewn! All is lost and nothing found Lord, how thou leavest things around!... Ogden Nash
The average man looks up at night And sees thousands and thousands, of twinkling stars, Each different from the others. But a man of wisdom and achievement, Perceives the one light, Behind the dark dome of the night-sky, Whose incandescence peeps at us, Through all the holes in the night-dome!! Chinmayananda Saraswati
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a wire filament heated to a high temperature, by passing an electric current through it, until it glows with visible light ( incandescence ). Source: Internet
Looking like a delicate woven bag above the woven cotton wick, the mantle is a residue of mineral materials (mostly thorium dioxide ), heated to incandescence by the flame from the wick. Source: Internet
These radioisotopes from material ejected in the explosion excite surrounding material to incandescence. Source: Internet