SCINTILLA | • scintilla n. A small spark or flash. • scintilla n. (Figuratively) A small or trace amount. • SCINTILLA n. (Latin) a spark; an atom. |
SCINTILLAE | • scintillae n. Plural of scintilla. • SCINTILLA n. (Latin) a spark; an atom. |
SCINTILLANT | • scintillant adj. That scintillates. • SCINTILLANT adj. sparkling. |
SCINTILLANTLY | • scintillantly adv. In a scintillant manner. • SCINTILLANT adv. sparkling. |
SCINTILLAS | • scintillas n. Plural of scintilla. • SCINTILLA n. (Latin) a spark; an atom. |
SCINTILLASCOPE | • SCINTILLASCOPE n. an instrument which shows scintillations on a screen, used to produce a scintigram, also SCINTILLOSCOPE. |
SCINTILLASCOPES | • SCINTILLASCOPE n. an instrument which shows scintillations on a screen, used to produce a scintigram, also SCINTILLOSCOPE. |
SCINTILLATE | • scintillate v. (Intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow. • scintillate v. (Astronomy) Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle. • scintillate v. (Nuclear physics) Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation. |
SCINTILLATED | • scintillated v. Simple past tense and past participle of scintillate. • SCINTILLATE v. to sparkle. |
SCINTILLATES | • scintillates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scintillate. • SCINTILLATE v. to sparkle. |
SCINTILLATING | • scintillating v. Present participle of scintillate. • scintillating adj. That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling. • scintillating adj. (Figurative) Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty. |
SCINTILLATINGLY | • scintillatingly adv. In a scintillating way. • SCINTILLATING adv. SCINTILLATE, to sparkle. |
SCINTILLATION | • scintillation n. A flash of light; a spark. • scintillation n. (Astronomy) The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere. • scintillation n. (Nuclear physics) The flash of light produced by something (especially a phosphor) when it absorbs ionizing radiation. |
SCINTILLATIONS | • scintillations n. Plural of scintillation. • SCINTILLATION n. the twinkling of stars or small bursts of light. |
SCINTILLATOR | • scintillator n. (Physics) Any substance that glows under the action of photons or other high-energy particles. • SCINTILLATOR n. an instrument for detecting radioactivity; a phosphor that produces scintillations. |
SCINTILLATORS | • scintillators n. Plural of scintillator. • SCINTILLATOR n. an instrument for detecting radioactivity; a phosphor that produces scintillations. |