Scintillate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes".
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Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
Examples
- Her new diamond ring scintillated sparks as the party lights danced across its facets.
- The firework exploded in the night sky, scintillating flashes of vibrant colors in every direction.
- The newly discovered meteorite scintillated tiny sparks when it came into contact with the oxygen-rich atmosphere.
- The paparazzi's camera flashes scintillated briefly as they blindly snapped pictures of the starlet's red-carpet arrival.
- The old, worn-out dynamo scintillated a few sparks before completely losing all electrical output.
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Meaning 2
Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?".
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Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
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Meaning 3
Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The comedian's witty remarks helped to scintillate the audience throughout the night.
- Her fashion sense scintillated as she walked down the red carpet at the award show.
- The fireworks display scintillate the night sky with its vibrant colors and intricate patterns.
- The renowned pianist's playing was so brilliant that it seemed to scintillate the very notes on the page.
- As the evening wore on, the conversation began to scintillate with lively debates and clever banter.
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Meaning 4
Reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside".
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Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.
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Meaning 5
Physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- Ionizing particles cause the nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere to scintillate, contributing to the production of aurorae.
- The scintillation counters in a cloud chamber detect charged particles by tracking the series of sparks that scintillate along the path of the particles.
- Xenon gas in the detector scintillates when it absorbs gamma-ray energy from radioactive isotopes.
- Subatomic particles moving at nearly the speed of light can scintillate a phosphor coating on the inside of a detector tube.
- High-energy electrons passing through a magnetic field cause clouds of gas to scintillate, revealing details about particle interactions.