Member of a group of South American Indians that ruled Peru before the coming of Spaniards in the sixteenth century

Of or pertaining to the Incas.

Too numerous to be counted; SYN. infinite, innumerable, innumerous, myriad, multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable.

ETYM Pref. in- not + calculable: cf. French incalculable.
Not capable of being calculated.

Beyond calculation or measure; SYN. inestimable, immeasurable.

ETYM Cf. French incandescence.
Emission of light from a substance in consequence of its high temperature. The color of the emitted light from liquids or solids depends on their temperature, and for solids generally the higher the temperature the whiter the light. Gases may become incandescent through ionizing radiation, as in the glowing vacuum discharge tube.
The oxides of cerium and thorium are highly incandescent and for this reason are used in gas mantles. The light from an electric filament lamp is due to the incandescence of the filament, rendered white-hot when a current passes through it.
1. Light from heat.
2. The phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised; SYN. glow.

ETYM Latin incandecens, -entis, p. pr. of incandescere to become warm or hot; pref. in- in + candescere to become of a glittering whiteness, to become red hot, incho. from candere to be of a glittering whiteness: cf. French incandescent. Related to Candle.
1. Characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance.
2. Emitting light as a result of being heated; SYN. candent.