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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The act of scintillating.
  2. n. A spark; a flash.
  3. n. Astronomy Rapid variation in the light of a celestial body caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere; a twinkling.
  4. n. Physics A flash of light produced in a phosphor by absorption of an ionizing particle or photon.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The act of scintillating, or emitting sparks or spark-like flashes of light; the act of sparkling.
  2. n. A flash; a spark.
  3. n. Specifically, the twinkling or tremulous motion of the light of the larger fixed stars. By shaking the head, so as to elongate the image, it is seen that not merely the intensity, but also the color of the light varies. See scintillometer.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A flash of light; a spark
  2. n. astronomy The twinkling of a star caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere
  3. n. physics The flash of light produced by a phosphor when it absorbs ionizing radiation

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The act of scintillating.
  2. n. A spark or flash emitted in scintillating.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
  2. n. (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
  3. n. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
  4. n. a brilliant display of wit
  5. n. the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight

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  • yarb CD getting cosmic on our asses. Apr 11, 2011

  • hernesheir *shakes his head* Apr 11, 2011

  • ruzuzu "Specifically, the twinkling or tremulous motion of the light of the larger fixed stars. By shaking the head, so as to elongate the image, it is seen that not merely the intensity, but also the color of the light varies."
    --Century Dictionary Apr 11, 2011

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