scintillation.

A sparkling appearance or rapid fluctuation in light intensity.

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Words that belong together

• stellar scintillation
• scintillation detector

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Scintillation made the star seem to quiver.

A particle produced scintillation in the crystal.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.