scintillation

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The gamma camera has a large crystal detector (called a scintillation crystal).

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  1. noun The act of scintillating.
  2. noun A spark; a flash.
  3. noun Astronomy Rapid variation in the light of a celestial body caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphere; a twinkling.

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  • Sometimes, indeed, a few embers of intellect were seen among the clergy; but the brightness of their scintillation was owing to the blackness of death with which they were contrasted. —  The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq.
  • A room with you in it vibrates with something No; the subliminal scintillation is caused by you. —  A Presumption of Death - Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L Sayers, - [Wimsey-Vane]
  • There was such a gasp as changed the scintillation, the goings and comings of light in the prisms of the little chandeliers over the bar. —  I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC! - Ray Bradbury
  • Willard Libby's original scintillation-counting method demanded large sample sizes and a lot of time per sample. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • The gamma camera has a large crystal detector (called a scintillation crystal). —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. from French scintillation = Provencal scintilacio = Spanish centilacion = Portuguese scintillação = Italian scintillazione, from Latin scintillatio (n-), from scintillare, past participle scintillatus, sparkle: see scintillate.
 

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