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scintillation

[sin-tl-ey-shuhn] / ˌsɪn tlˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
glitter
Synonyms
STRONG
beam brightness coruscation display flash gaudiness glamour glare gleam glint glisten glister glitz luster pageantry radiance sheen shimmer shine show showiness sparkle splendor tinsel twinkle zip
Antonyms
STRONG
darkness dullness hiding

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This shifting scintillation directly affects when each pulse arrives.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

With each technological shift, the scintillation of new possibilities meets the tug of obsolescence.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

It will be the largest and most sensitive scintillation detector ever built.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023

Then they tracked the resulting annihilation radiation at the farthest edges of their experiment, using two photomultiplier tubes, anthracene crystals and a scintillation counter as a gamma-ray detector.

From Scientific American • Mar. 16, 2023

Geiger and Marsden recorded the particles’ scattering by observing the flash, or scintillation, produced whenever one struck a glass plate coated with zinc sulfide.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik