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Glint vs Scintillation - What's the difference?

glint | scintillation |

As nouns the difference between glint and scintillation

is that glint is a short flash of light while scintillation is a flash of light; a spark.

As a verb glint

is to flash briefly.

glint

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short flash of light.
    • I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flash briefly.
  • To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
    • (Robert Burns)

    scintillation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia scintillation) (en noun)
  • A flash of light; a spark
  • (astronomy) The twinkling of a star caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere
  • (physics) The flash of light produced by a phosphor when it absorbs ionizing radiation

    • Derived terms

    * liquid scintillation * scintillation camera * scintillation counter * scintillation detector * scintillation spectrometer