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Descriptor English: Incandescence
Descriptor Spanish: Incandescencia
Descriptor incandescencia
Scope note: Emisión de LUZ por parte de una sustancia cuando aumenta su temperatura. En ocasiones se denomina luz caliente, en contraposición a la LUMINISCENCIA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Incandescência
Descriptor French: Incandescence
Tree number(s): G01.358.500.505.650.440
G01.590.540.440
G01.750.250.650.440
G01.750.770.578.440
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049450
Scope note: Emission of LIGHT by a substance as its temperature is raised. It is sometimes called hot light in contrast to LUMINESCENCE.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
DeCS ID: 38869
Unique ID: D049450
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Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2015/03/31
Incandescence - Preferred
Concept UI M0464548
Scope note Emission of LIGHT by a substance as its temperature is raised. It is sometimes called hot light in contrast to LUMINESCENCE.
Preferred term Incandescence



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