A small spark or flash. / (figuratively) A small or trace amount.

plural of scintilla

plural of scintilla

That scintillates.

present participle of scintillate.

That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling. / (figuratively) Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty.

(intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow. / (astronomy) Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.

(physics) A detector of particles and ionizing radiation which uses a photomultiplier to generate flashes of light

(physics) The scintillation of a solvent molecule when a radioactive solute molecule undergoes beta decay and emits an electron

A flash of light; a spark. / (astronomy) The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.