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scintilla |
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scintillate
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| scintillating scotoma
| scintillation
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scintillate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb scintillate has 5 senses
- scintillate(v = verb.weather) Array - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" is one way to emit, give off, give out
- scintillate(v = verb.weather) coruscate, sparkle - reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" is one way to reflect, shine
- scintillate(v = verb.weather) twinkle, winkle - emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" is one way to beam, shine
- scintillate(v = verb.perception) Array - physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced" is one way to fluoresce
- scintillate(v = verb.change) coruscate, sparkle - be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" is one way to be
Derived form noun scintillation2
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Something ----s something
Derived forms adjective scintillant1, noun scintillation4
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Something ----s
Derived forms noun scintilla2, adjective scintillant1, noun scintillation5
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Something ----s
Derived form noun scintillation1
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Something ----s
Derived form noun scintillation3
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Something ----s
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
scintillate, v. i. [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. Stencil.].
- To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. [1913 Webster]"As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion." [1913 Webster]
- To sparkle, as the fixed stars. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scintillate, v.intr.
1 (esp. as scintillating adj.) talk cleverly or wittily; be brilliant.
2 sparkle; twinkle; emit sparks.
3 Physics fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle etc.
1 (esp. as scintillating adj.) talk cleverly or wittily; be brilliant.
2 sparkle; twinkle; emit sparks.
3 Physics fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle etc.
Derivative
scintillant adj. scintillatingly adv.
Etymology
L scintillare (as SCINTILLA)
THESAURUS
scintillate
be brilliant, be merry with, blink, coruscate, crack a joke, crack wise, fleer at, fun, gibe at, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, kid around, make a funny, make fun, make fun of, mock, play on words, poke fun at, pun, quip, ridicule, scoff at, shimmer, spangle, spark, sparkle, tinsel, twinkle, utter a mot, wisecrackROGET THESAURUS
scintillate
Light
VB shine, glow, glitter, glister, glisten, twinkle, gleam, flare, flare up, glare, beam, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash, blaze, be bright, reflect light, daze, dazzle, bedazzle, radiate, shoot out beams, fulgurate, clear up, brighten, lighten, enlighten, levin, light, light up, irradiate, shine upon, give out a light, hang out a light, cast light upon, cast light in, throw light upon, throw light in, shed light upon, shed luster upon, illume, illumine, illuminate, relume, strike a light, kindle.
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