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Definition of Scintillating

1. Adjective. Brilliantly clever. "A play full of scintillating dialogue"

2. Adjective. Marked by high spirits or excitement. "A row of sparkly cheerleaders"

3. Adjective. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light. "`glistering' is an archaic term"

Definition of Scintillating

1. Verb. (present participle of scintillate) ¹

2. Adjective. That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling. ¹

3. Adjective. Brilliantly clever, amusing or witty. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scintillating

1. scintillate [v] - See also: scintillate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scintillating

scintigram scintigrams scintigraphic scintigraphic angiography scintigraphies scintigraphy scintilla scintillae scintillant scintillantly

scintillas scintillascope scintillate scintillated scintillates scintillating (current term) scintillating scotoma scintillatingly scintillation scintillation camera

scintillation cocktail scintillation cocktails scintillation counter scintillation counting scintillation vial scintillations scintillator scintillators scintillometer

Literary usage of Scintillating

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

1. Text-book of Ophthalmology by Ernst Fuchs (1911)
"scintillating scotoma is usually accompanied by headache and sometimes also by ... The central origin of scintillating scotoma is apparent not only from the ..."

2. Manual of the diseases of the eye by Charles Henry May (1901)
"The attack begins with a central dark spot before both eyes, which spreads by scintillating and colored zigzag lines until there is a considerable ¡/aj> in ..."

3. Relations of Diseases of the Eye to General Diseases: Forming a by Max Knies (1895)
"The symptoms observed on the part of the eye are also cortical, such as conjugate deviation, scintillating scotoma, homonymous hemianopsia .or defects of ..."

4. A Handbook of the diseases of the eye and their treatment by Henry Rosborough Swanzy (1897)
"Transitory Hemianopia, or scintillating Scotoma.— This affection is characterized by (1) symmetric defects in the fields of vision, usually of the ..."

5. The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1908)
"I overdid it, she thought in terror, as she recalled her scintillating remarks and elaborate manner. He must have suspected ! I 'll drink no more, ..."

6. Diagnosis from Ocular Symptoms by Matthias Lanckton Foster (1917)
"scintillating Scotoma When a patient describes the appearance of a positive central or paracentral scotoma in each eye, in the form of either a dark spot or ..."

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