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Definition of: incalescent
(in′kə·les′ənt) adjective
Growing warm; increasing in heat. [<L incalescens, -entis, ppr. of incalescere grow hot <in- thoroughly + calescens. See CALESCENT.]
—in′ca·les′cence noun
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