'Candent' definitions:

Definition of 'candent'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb" [syn: incandescent, candent]

Definition of 'Candent'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]