Scin`til*la"tion (?), n. [L. scintillatio: cf. F. scintillation.]
1.
The act of scintillating.
2.
A spark of flash emitted in scintillating.
These scintillations are . . . the inflammable effluences discharged from the bodies collided.
Sir T. Browne.
© Webster 1913.