About The Word Scintillate
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Scintillate
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Scintillate: 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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