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   Scin·til·late

   /ˈsin(t)əˌlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. emit flashes of light; sparkle: "the sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light"
   • ▪ fluoresce momentarily when struck by a photon or charged particle: "a zinc sulfide screen scintillated when it was struck by an alpha particle"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin scintillat- ‘sparkled’, from the verb scintillare, from scintilla ‘spark’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scintillant adjective

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