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scintillation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scintillation  \Scin`til*la"tion\,  n.  [L.  scintillatio:  cf  F. 
  scintillation.] 
  1.  The  act  of  scintillating. 
 
  2.  A  spark  or  flash  emitted  in  scintillating. 
 
  These  scintillations  are  .  .  .  the  inflammable 
  effluences  discharged  from  the  bodies  collided. 
  --Sir  T. 
  Browne. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scintillation 
  n  1:  a  rapid  change  in  brightness  [syn:  {twinkle},  {sparkling}] 
  2:  the  quality  of  glittering  or  sparkling  brightly  [syn:  {glitter}, 
  {glister},  {glisten},  {sparkle}] 




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