scintilla

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Existing in English since the seventeenth century[1]; from Latin scintilla (sparkling speck, atom).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (Latin) IPA: /skinˈtilːa/
  • (UK) IPA: /sɪnˈtɪlə/

[edit] Noun

scintilla (plural scintillae or scintillas)

  1. A small spark or flash.
    • 1890, Philosophical Magazine, page 364,
      If the action of the electrodynamic waves is so violent that, even without artificial electrification of the secondary conductor, scintillæ occur in its spark-gap, the aluminium leaves remain almost without change.
  2. A small or trace amount.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition]

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[edit] Verb

scintilla

  1. third-person singular past historic of scintiller

[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin scintilla.

[edit] Noun

scintilla f. (plural scintille)

  1. spark

[edit] Verb

scintilla

  1. third-person singular present tense of scintillare
  2. second-person singular imperative of scintillare

[edit] Latin

[edit] Noun

scintilla (genitive scintillae); f, first declension

  1. spark
  2. glimmer

[edit] Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative scintilla scintillae
genitive scintillae scintillārum
dative scintillae scintillīs
accusative scintillam scintillās
ablative scintillā scintillīs
vocative scintilla scintillae

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