SCINTILLATE
\sˈɪntɪlˌe͡ɪt], \sˈɪntɪlˌeɪt], \s_ˈɪ_n_t_ɪ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of SCINTILLATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall"
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physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
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emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
By Princeton University
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be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throught the concert hall"
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physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Oddity Software
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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