Scintillation
[sin-tə-LEY-shən]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: French, 16th century
1.
A flash or sparkle of light.
2.
(Astronomy) The twinkling of the stars, caused by the Earth's atmosphere diffracting starlight unevenly.
Examples of Scintillation in a sentence
"We could see the scintillation of the city’s lights from the top of the mountain."
"Arlene sat on her roof on clear summer nights and enjoyed the scintillation of the stars."
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