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Scintillate

Scintillate Meaning & Definition
Scintillate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scintillate?

[v] be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall"
[v] physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
[v] emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
[v] reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
[v] give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Scintillate: coruscate | coruscate | sparkle | sparkle | twinkle | winkle

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See Also | be | beam | emit | fluoresce | give off | give out | reflect | shine

Scintillate In Webster's Dictionary

\Scin"til*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Scintillated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Scintillating}.] [L. scintillare, scintillatum, from scintilla a spark. Cf. {Stencil}.] 1. To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To sparkle, as the fixed stars.

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