With increasing spatial frequency, the pattern appeared toscintillateand became increasingly ill-defined (splotchy) as orientation identification performance fell to chance level.
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It was like a great fountain which you can admire while it is playing—every droplet scintillating with light.
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Here was a syllogism that scintillated.
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Detectors coated with materials whichscintillatewhen subjected to gamma rays are scanned with optical photon detectors and scintillation counters.
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Luminescent materials, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy andscintillate, (i.e., re-emit the absorbed energy in the form of light).
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Scintillators are luminescent materials that, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy andscintillateemit light.
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