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scin⋅til⋅la⋅tion

  [sin-tl-ey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of scintillating; sparkling.
2. a spark or flash.
3. Astronomy. the twinkling or tremulous effect of the light of the stars.
4. Meteorology. any small-scale twinkling or shimmering of objects that are viewed through the atmosphere, caused by an interception of the observer's line of view by inhomogeneities in the atmospheric refractive index.
5. Physics.
a. a flash of light from the ionization of a phosphor struck by an energetic photon or particle.
b. random fluctuation of the amplitude, phase, or polarization of an electromagnetic wave.
6. (on a radar display) a slight, rapid shifting of a spot of light or the image of an object about its mean position.
Origin:
1615–25; < L scintillātiōn- (s. of scintillātiō). See scintillate, -ion
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scin·til·la·tion   (sĭn'tl-ā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of scintillating.

  2. A spark; a flash.

  3. Astronomy Rapid variation in the light of a celestial body caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere; a twinkling.

  4. Physics A flash of light produced in a phosphor by absorption of an ionizing particle or photon.

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Main Entry: scin·til·la·tion
Pronunciation: "sint-&l-'A-sh&n
Function: noun
often attributive : a flash oflight produced in a phosphor by an ionizing event scintillations>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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scintillation scin·til·la·tion (sĭn'tl-ā'shən)
n.

  1. A spark; a flash.

  2. A flash of light produced in a phosphor by absorption of an ionizing particle or photon.

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