scintillation

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Dr. Hewish had been studying rapid variations in radio signals when he built the Interplanetary Scintillation Array, a four-acre network of cables and copper wires that stretched across a field near Cambridge.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Scintillation crystals capture the energies of gamma rays.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2018

Scintillation there was none, except in the immediate vicinity of the eastern horizon, where I still saw them through a dense atmosphere.

From Across the Zodiac by Greg, Percy

Scintillation or twinkling of the stars is a property which distinguishes them from the planets.

From The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' by Orchard, Thomas Nathaniel

Scintillation counters at A, B, C, D, and E record the passage of charged particles.

From LRL Accelerators The 184-Inch Synchrocyclotron by Laboratory, Lawrence Radiation