Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   scintillate

   /ˈsɪntɪleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. emit flashes of light; sparkle: "the sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light"
   • ▪ fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or photon: "a zinc sulphide screen scintillated when it was struck by an alpha particle"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin scintillat- ‘sparkled’, from the verb scintillare, from scintilla ‘spark’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scintillant adjective

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points