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The meaning of SCINTILLATION is an act or instance of scintillating; especially : rapid changes in the brightness of a celestial body.
noun. 1. the act of scintillating. 2. a spark or flash. 3. the twinkling of stars or radio sources, caused by rapid changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere, the interplanetary medium, or the interstellar medium, producing uneven refraction of starlight. 4. physics. a flash of light produced when a material scintillates.
Definitions of scintillation. noun. (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle. see more. noun. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light. synonyms: glisten, glister, glitter, sparkle. see more. noun.
First recorded in 1615–25, scintillation is from the Latin word scintillātiōn-(stem of scintillātiō). See scintillate, -ion
The concentration has to be measured using liquid scintillation. Examples include the discovery of pulsars while studying interplanetary scintillation; finding quasars as stars with strange spectra. The MECS (1-10 keV) is an imaging gas scintillation proportional counter similar to the LECS.
What does the noun scintillation mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun scintillation. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. scintillation has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
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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. a flash of light from the ionization of a phosphor struck by an energetic photon or particle.
