glister vs scintillation what difference
what is difference between glister and scintillation
English
Etymology 1
Old English glistren
Verb
glister (third-person singular simple present glisters, present participle glistering, simple past and past participle glistered)
- (intransitive, archaic) To gleam, glisten or coruscate.
- 1605, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (II, vii)
- All that glisters is not gold.
- 1945, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lay of Autrou and Itroun
- […] strangely she glistered in the sun / as she leaped forth in the sun […]
- 1605, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (II, vii)
Translations
Noun
glister (plural glisters)
- A brilliant flash; a glint
Etymology 2
Compare Old French glistere.
Noun
glister (plural glisters)
- Alternative form of clyster
Anagrams
- Stigler, gristle, riglets
English
Etymology
scintillate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌsɪn.tɪˈleɪ.ʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɪn.təˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Hyphenation: scin‧til‧lat‧ion
Noun
scintillation (countable and uncountable, plural scintillations)
- A flash of light; a spark.
- (astronomy) The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth’s atmosphere.
- (nuclear physics) The flash of light produced by something (especially a phosphor) when it absorbs ionizing radiation.
Derived terms
- liquid scintillation
- scintillation camera
- scintillation counter
- scintillation detector
- scintillation spectrometer
Related terms
- scintillate
- scintillating (adjective)
- scintillator
French
Pronunciation
Noun
scintillation f (plural scintillations)
- scintillation
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