Thomas Edison was the most famous of several inventors who created the incandescent light bulb. From LearnThat.org.
An incandescent bulb. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An incandescent performance. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Yet your people have, as you well know, what they call incandescent lights everywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
One vision of the LED City Lights program is to have people trade in incandescent lights for LED lights. From Wordnik.com. [Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » LED Light] Reference
I would guess the filament in incandescent bulbs would be fried by a spike much more easily compared to fluorescent (gas). From Wordnik.com. [voltage] Reference
The light was that known as incandescent -- a filament of carbon raised to a light-emitting heat in vacuo. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
She had the kind of incandescent inner warmth that made mere physical beauty irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
Found two dirty old 40 watt 'incandescent' light bulbs, which my wife had swapped for some brighter 60 watt replacements. From Wordnik.com. [New Lamps for Old] Reference
Mr. WILL FRIEDWALD (Music Historian): The amazing thing about Nat's voice is that it has this kind of incandescent quality to it. From Wordnik.com. [Nat King Cole: An Incandescent Voice] Reference
Salter was described to me as "incandescent" at this. From Wordnik.com. [janestheone] Reference
Her parents were 'incandescent' when that was published. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
I think "incandescent" is an unusually long word for a journalist's cliche, but there we are. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
George Osborne, the Chancellor, was said to have ben "incandescent" at Mr Hartnett's original remarks. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Hicks is said by one close observer to have been "incandescent" at the failure to close the deal last summer. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the Army, was said to be "incandescent" and has reportedly ordered an inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news] Reference
Roger Lawson, of the UK Shareholders 'Association, said investors were' incandescent 'after paying the price for the merger. From Wordnik.com. [This is Money | Home] Reference
The glamour model was said to be 'incandescent' over his reaction to her TV confession about miscarriage, reports the Mirror. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
"The amazing thing about Nat's voice is that it has this kind of incandescent quality to it," music historian Will Friedwald says. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News]
Unusually, stronger lights such as incandescent are coped with nicely by the camera in the preset mode while the auto mode struggles. From Wordnik.com. [ePHOTOzine News Feed] Reference
"incandescent" version it's about 5 times brighter. From Wordnik.com. [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference
The public is less than incandescent about such a cut. From Wordnik.com. [Let's Play 20 Questions] Reference
That's converting stoplights from incandescent bulbs to LEDs. From Wordnik.com. [Mayors Take the Lead] Reference
One of all of us who remember that incandescent season of FloJo. From Wordnik.com. [Death Catches Flojo] Reference
The most incandescent memories of my childhood are of making my mother laugh. From Wordnik.com. [THE GOOD ENOUGH MOTHER] Reference
An incandescent bulb uses too much energy and much of it is converted to heat. From Wordnik.com. [How much would you pay for a lightbulb?] Reference
It will save 700 million incandescent bulbs that will never have to be produced. From Wordnik.com. [16 Ideas for the Planet] Reference
For all his incandescent rationality, he knows there is more to life than ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's World] Reference
Replace incandescent light bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne Malec-McKenna: Be a Part of the Solution: Celebrate Chicagoans' Actions in Addressing Climate Change] Reference
Consider a light bulb-the ordinary, incandescent kind, invented by Thomas Edison in 1879. From Wordnik.com. [At Last, Another Bright Idea] Reference
The general's resolve to end his nation's 37-year-old communist rebellion is incandescent. From Wordnik.com. [Wagging the Buffalo] Reference
As a stage image, Kidman is the essence of - escense: luminescent, opalescent, incandescent. From Wordnik.com. [Scorched-Earth Strategy] Reference
But when he talks about the Iraq adventure, his well-informed fury is just about incandescent. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: How (Not) To Win] Reference
Spanning the sky above their heads was a gleaming bridge brightly lit with incandescent arc lights. From Wordnik.com. [Stopped In Its Tracks] Reference
But my husband and I have a home-repair IQ that's somewhere in the range of a weak incandescent bulb. From Wordnik.com. [Energy Goes Up In Smoke] Reference
Her incandescent smile lasted until she reached her mother and her coach, Trevor Graham, in the stands. From Wordnik.com. [Marion Takes To The Air] Reference
A shy bachelor with an aversion to incandescent light, Souter does not seem like much of a glad-hander or arm-twister. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference
Human plutonium: The incandescent sincerity of Peters glows in this void, a void that Short leaps into with manic intensity. From Wordnik.com. [This Goodbye Is A Bad Buy] Reference
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