Definition of Flickering

1. Adjective. Shining unsteadily.

Exact synonyms: Aflicker
Similar to: Unsteady

Definition of Flickering

1. Verb. (present participle of flicker) ¹

2. Noun. A short, uncertain burst. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flickering

1. flicker [v] - See also: flicker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flickering

flick knives
flick movements
flick over
flick through
flickable
flicked
flicker
flicker fusion
flicker fusion frequency technique
flicker perimetry
flickered
flickerer
flickerers
flickering (current term)
flickeringly
flickerings
flickermouse
flickers
flickertail
flickertails
flickery
flickest
flickier
flickiest
flicking
flicks
flicky
flics

Literary usage of Flickering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"With a faint illumination, the flickering indicative of the successive sensations from the white sectors not being completely fused, ceases when the ..."

2. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"flickering Lightning. Mr. Alexander Larsen has contributed a very interesting paper to the Smithsonian Report for 1905, on "Photographing Lightning with a ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"That hovers over her mid dares her daily, Some flickering slave. B. . ... L am not any flickering thing: You men call ..."

4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"flickering LIGHTS 39. The flickering and jumping of gas lights is caused by the presence of water in the pipes. The liquid accumulates in sags and low ..."

5. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"Thus the vexed waters at a fountain's brim, Smitten by sunshine or the silver sphere Of a reflected moon, send forth a beam Of flickering light that leaps ..."

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