scintillate meaning

scintillate as a verb

1. reflect brightly
   • Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside

   Synonyms: sparkle, coruscate

   Type of: reflect

   Related forms: scintillant, scintillation

2. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
   • The musical performance sparkled
   • A scintillating conversation
   • his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall

   Synonyms: sparkle, coruscate

   Type of: be

   Related forms: scintillation

3. give off
   • the substance scintillated sparks and flashes

   Type of: emit

   Related forms: scintillation

4. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
   • Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?

   Synonyms: twinkle, winkle

   Type of: shine

   Related forms: scintillant, scintillation, scintilla

5. physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
   • the phosphor fluoresced

   Type of: fluoresce

   Related forms: scintillation