Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scintillation"
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) 1.7 (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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