Shine in engineering and science (10)

I believe the answer is:

incandesce

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'shine' is the definition.
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I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Another definition for incandesce that I've seen is " glow with heat".)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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