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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scintillation/sɪntɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

1 a flash of light.
■ the process or state of emitting flashes.

2 Physics a small flash of visible or ultraviolet light emitted by fluorescence in a phosphor when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon.

3 Astronomy the twinkling of the stars, caused by the earth's atmosphere diffracting starlight unevenly.

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