Candent \Can`dent\, a. [L. candens, p. pr. of cand["e]re to
glitter. See {Candid}.]
Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. ``A candent vessel.''
--Boyle.
candent
adj : emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent
bulb" [syn: {incandescent}]