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Scintillation

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
glistenglisterglittersparklesparkling
plural
Scintillations
possessive
Scintillation's
pluralpossessive
Scintillations'