Meaning & use
Candescent
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Glowing or shining brightly, especially with heat or light.
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The forge's candescent coals cast a warm orange glow across the workshop.
A candescent sunset spread across the horizon as the ship sailed home.
A note on using this word
Related to 'incandescent,' though 'candescent' itself is rarer and typically appears in more poetic or literary writing.
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dimdull
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