scintillate

scintillate englannista suomeksi

1. säteillä

2. välkkyä

3. säkenöidä

4. kipunoida

0. Verbi

scintillate englanniksi

1. To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.

2. (quote-journal) 1. (smallcaps) as thick as a stocking wire was ''instantly fused'', ''scintillated'', and fell into a ''large globule''. 2. (smallcaps) ''fused instantly'' and ''slightly scintillated''.

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6. Of a star or other body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.

7. (quote-journal) and published at the apartments of the Astronomical Society|Royal Astronomical Society|date=11 December 1857|year_published=1858|volume=XVIII|issue=2|page=53|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=W1BTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA53|oclc=472539708|passage=Do the stars scintillate at all altitudes? Is there any altitude at which it ceases to manifest itself? At (w) the stars in general scintillate at all altitudes, although feebly near the zenith; but on the nights when the scintillation is very faint, it ceases completely at a zenith distance of 45°.

8. (quote-journal), Professor of Mathematics at Morges.|magazine=Magazine|The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science|location=London|publisher=& Francis|Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, (w), printers and publishers to the (w) ...|month=March|year=1860|volume=XIX (4th Ser.)|issue=CXXVI|page=223|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRJDAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA223|oclc=|passage=It is generally believed that the planets do not scintillate at all, or scarcely at all. Nevertheless I have often observed a sensible scintillation of Venus and Mars, and in a few rare cases I have also observed a slight scintillation of Jupiter and Saturn. (..) I would therefore call the attention of observers who may find themselves under atmospherical conditions of a nature to render the general scintillation very strong, to this point, as they might perhaps be able to ascertain whether Jupiter and Saturn ever sensibly scintillate.

9. (quote-book) The result is that the eye perceives an extended source as steadily shining.

10. Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing radiation.

11. To throw off like sparks.

12. 1857, (w), “Mr. Arabin”, in ''Towers|Barchester Towers: In Three Volumes'', London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts, (w) 911659634; republished as ''Barchester Towers. ... In Two Volumes'' (Hand and Pocket Library; II), volume I, New York, N.Y.: (w), 18 Street (Manhattan)|Ann Street, 1860, (w) 863553483, page 201:

As a boy young Arabin took up the cudgels on the side of the Tractarians, and at Oxford he sat for a while at the feet of the great Henry Newman|John Henry Newman. To this cause he lent all his faculties. For it he concocted verses, for it he made speeches, for it he scintillated the brightest sparks of his quiet wit.

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