twinkling
121trice — n very short time, instant, second, Inf. sec, moment, minute; twinkling, twinkling of an eye, Fr. coup d oeil. flash, flash of lightning, jiffy, Inf. jiff, two shakes of a lamb s tail, before you can say Jack Robinson ; breath, crack, burst,… …
122twinkle — v 1. glint, glimmer, glitter, glisten, Archaic. glister; shine, sparkle, light, spark, scintillate; flicker, blink, wink, flutter; quiver, shiver, ripple; shimmer, dance, dazzle, bedazzle; flash, flare, fulgurate, gleam, glare, coruscate;… …
123twinkle — I UK [ˈtwɪŋk(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms twinkle : present tense I/you/we/they twinkle he/she/it twinkles present participle twinkling past tense twinkled past participle twinkled 1) if someone s eyes twinkle, they seem to shine… …
124scintillation — scin•til•la•tion [[t]ˌsɪn tlˈeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of scintillating 2) a spark or flash 3) astron. the twinkling or tremulous effect of the light of the stars 4) phs a flash of light from the ionization of a phosphor struck by an energetic… …
125Aliasing — F/A/V An undesirable distortion component that can arise in any digitally encoded information (sound or picture). A&V Distortion in the video signal which may manifest itself in different ways, depending on the type of aliasing: • Spectral… …
126flash — [n1] shimmer, flicker beam, bedazzlement, blaze, burst, coruscation, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illumination, imprint, impulse, incandescence, luster, phosphorescence, quiver, radiation,… …
127twinkle — [twiŋ′kəl] vi. twinkled, twinkling [ME twinklen < OE twinclian, freq. of base seen in MHG zwinken, to wink] 1. to shine with quick, intermittent flashes of light, as some stars; sparkle 2. to light up, as with amusement: said of the eyes 3. to …
128twinkle — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (of a star or light etc.) shine with rapidly intermittent gleams. 2 intr. (of the eyes) sparkle. 3 intr. (of the feet in dancing) move lightly and rapidly. 4 tr. emit (a light or signal) in quick gleams. 5 tr. blink or wink… …
