glowing has definitions from the field of physics
1
[ adjective ] softly bright or radiant

Examples

"a house aglow with lights" "glowing embers" "lambent tongues of flame" "the lucent moon" "a sky luminous with stars"

Used in print

(J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)

The mass scale used in Table 5 - 1 was derived on the assumption that the motion of the glowing trail is related_to the momentum transfer to the trail by the meteorite , permitting the calculation of the mass if the velocity is known ( Cook and Whipple , 1958 ) .

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

Above , the glowing ivory baton of their searchlight pointed at the clouds , diluting the valley 's dark to a pallid light .

Related terms

bright

2
[ adjective ] highly enthusiastic

Examples

"glowing praise"

Used in print

(Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)

How titillating it was to go among people who did not know him as the composer , but who talked in the most glowing terms of the promise of the piece after having heard the first rehearsals .

Related terms

enthusiastic

3
[ adjective ] burning steadily without flames

Examples

"glowing coals"

Related terms

live

4
[ noun ] (physics) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

Synonyms

radiance glow

Related terms

light aureole

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