scintillate


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scintillate /ˈsɪntɪleɪt/
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’.
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