1. the emission of light from a heated object
Usage: physics
2. passionate intensity of feeling or expression
Usage: figurative

Examples

• The incandescence of the light bulb filament produced a warm glow.
• The metal reached incandescence in the furnace.
• Her speech had an incandescence that moved the entire audience.
• The incandescence of his anger was visible in his eyes.
• The star’s incandescence could be seen from millions of miles away.
• The artist captured the incandescence of the sunset in her painting.