ALL meanings of scintillation
scin·til·la·tion
S s - noun scintillation the act of scintillating; sparkling. 1
- noun scintillation a spark or flash. 1
- noun scintillation Astronomy. the twinkling or tremulous effect of the light of the stars. 1
- noun scintillation Meteorology. any small-scale twinkling or shimmering of objects that are viewed through the atmosphere, caused by an interception of the observer's line of view by inhomogeneities in the atmospheric refractive index. 1
- noun scintillation Physics. a flash of light from the ionization of a phosphor struck by an energetic photon or particle. random fluctuation of the amplitude, phase, or polarization of an electromagnetic wave. 1
- noun scintillation (on a radar display) a slight, rapid shifting of a spot of light or the image of an object about its mean position. 1
- abbreviation SCINTILLATION sparkle 1
- noun scintillation flash of wit 1
- noun scintillation the act of scintillating 0
- noun scintillation a spark or flash 0
- noun scintillation the twinkling of stars or radio sources, caused by rapid changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere, the interplanetary medium, or the interstellar medium, producing uneven refraction of starlight 0
- noun scintillation a flash of light produced when a material scintillates 0
- noun scintillation the act of scintillating; sparkling 0
- noun scintillation a spark; flash 0
- noun scintillation a brilliant display of wit 0
- noun scintillation the twinkling of the stars caused by density changes in the atmosphere 0
- noun scintillation the flash of light made by ionizing radiation upon striking a crystal detector or a phosphor 0