Sentence example with the word 'scintillation'

scintillation

aphorism, bon mot, crack, flight of wit, glint, grid, noise, quip, sally, smart saying, stroboscopic light, witticism

Definition n. (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle

Last update: September 2, 2015


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But this explanation cannot be accepted as it stands, being open to the same objection as Arago's theory of stellar scintillation.'   [Please select]

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V That year the spring burst over Chicago in a prolonged scintillation of pallid green.   [Please select]

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Their scintillation in the sun, in frequented paths, attracts Mosquitoes and Butterflies, like the lamps in our rooms and the fowler's looking-glass.   [Please select]

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"To save _you_" said the hermit, with a scintillation of his half-pitiful smile.   [Please select]

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_ 'Girls, I have had a scintillation in the night: listen and approve.'   [Please select]

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What one knows the other is but half aware of; neither knowledge nor ignorance being mutual, there is a scintillation of exchange, from opposing vantage grounds, followed by harmless snaps of thunder.   [Please select]

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One seems to hold in one's hand a small smooth crystal pebble, without a flaw and without a scintillation, and so transparent that one can see through it at a glance.   [Please select]

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