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scintillation counter(medicine)
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scintillation proximity assay(medicine)

scintillation (iou)



scintillation noun. E17.
[Latin scintillatio(n-), formed as SCINTILLATE: see -ATION.]
The action of scintillating; an instance of this; a flash, a spark, a brilliant display. M17.
S. Johnson A man who..dazzles the attention with sudden scintillations of conceit. De Quincey The sudden scintillation of Kate's dress played upon by the morning sun.
spec. The twinkling of the light of the stars. M17.
Nuclear Physics. A small flash of visible or ultraviolet light emitted by fluorescence in a phosphor when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon. E20.
Comb.: scintillation counter a particle counter consisting of a scintillation detector and an electronic counting circuit; scintillation detector a detector for charged particles and gamma rays in which scintillations produced in a phosphor are detected and amplified by a photomultiplier, giving an electrical output signal.