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scintillation

[sin-tl-ay-shuhn] / ˌsɪn tlˈeɪ ʃən /


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Rather than analyzing words, however, this Transformer examines patterns among the scintillation photons recorded by the detector.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

All radio signals that pass through interstellar space experience scintillation.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 6, 2026

With each technological shift, the scintillation of new possibilities meets the tug of obsolescence.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

They have verified that proton-induced scintillation primarily arises from the population of the biexcitonic state in CsPbBr3 nanocrystals, facilitated by the process of proton-induced upconversion and impact ionisation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2024

On April 16 Cockcroft and Walton nervously summoned Rutherford to the basement so he might see for himself a scintillation pattern they thought heavily suggestive of alpha particles.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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