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scintillation (n.)
"the emitting of sparks or spark-like flashes," specifically the tremulous twinkling of stars in the night sky, 1620s, from Latin scintilationem (nominative scintillatio), noun of action from past-participle stem of scintillare "to sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash," fromscintilla "spark" (see scintilla).
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