Qué (quién) es Scintillate - definición
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Scintillation (disambiguation); Scintillate; Scintillations; Scintillating; Scintillating (disambiguation)
scintillate
v. n.
1.
Sparkle, twinkle, coruscate.
2.
Emit sparks.
scintillate
['s?nt?le?t]
¦ verb emit flashes of light; sparkle.
?Physics fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or photon.
Derivatives
scintillant adjective &noun
Origin
C17: from L. scintillat-, scintillare 'to sparkle', from scintilla 'spark'.
Scintillate
·vi To sparkle, as the fixed stars.
II. Scintillate ·vi To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles.
Wikipedia
Scintillation
Scintillation can refer to:
- Scintillation (astronomy), atmospheric effects which influence astronomical observations
- Interplanetary scintillation, fluctuations of radio waves caused by the solar wind
- Scintillation (physics), a flash of light produced in certain materials when they absorb ionizing radiation
- Scintillation (radar), an apparent rapid target displacement occurring on radar displays
- Scintillation (medicine), a rapidly oscillating pattern of visual distortions, often associated with migraine aura
- Scintillation counter, a device that measures ionizing radiation
- Scintillating grid illusion, an image in which compounded color contrasts cause an optical illusion of visual artifacts
