scintillate
scin·til·late
verb
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physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
- “the phosphor fluoresced”
Origin
Borrowed from Latin scintillātus, past participle of scintillāre (“to sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash”), from scintilla (“a spark”).
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