Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scintilla"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scintilla \Scin*til"la\, n. [L.]
A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. --R. North.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scintilla
n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: {shred}, {whit},
{iota}, {tittle}, {smidgen}, {smidgeon}, {smidgin}, {smidge}]
2: a sparkling glittering particles
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