scintilla
UK/sɪnˈtɪlə/
scintilla noun: a small spark or flash.
Noun
scintilla (plural scintillae or scintillas)
- A small spark or flash.
- 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.1890, Philosophical Magazine, page 364
- A small or trace amount.
- a scintilla of hope
- And, if I except the sagacious remark of General Duane which has been so curtly brushed aside, not a scintilla of light has been cast upon these causes by any researches ever published by the Lighthouse Board of Washington.1876 February, John Tyndall, “The Controversy on Acoustical Research”, in Popular Science Monthly
scintilla meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
scintilla in Hindi
- small spark or flash
- चकमक cakmak, आँच ā̃c
scintilla in Urdu
- چمک, چنگاری
scintilla in Bengali
- বিন্দু, কণা, লেশমাত্র
scintilla in Malayalam
- iota, particle, jot
- സ്ഫുരണം, സ്ഫോരണം, സ്ഫുലിംഗം, തീപ്പൊരി, മിനുക്കം, തരളപ്രഭ
Synonyms of scintilla
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Forms of scintilla
| plural | scintillae |
|---|---|
| plural | scintillas |
Origin of scintilla
Existing in English since the 17th century; borrowed from Latin scintilla (“spark”).
Words that rhyme with scintilla
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- flotilla
- granadilla
- maxilla
- villa
- cascarilla
- cedilla
- coronilla
- mammilla
- mantilla
- Priscilla
- rachilla
- sabadilla
- sapodilla
- scilla
- tefilla
- Anguilla
- antiguerrilla
- aspergilla
- axizilla
- bitchzilla
- bridezilla
- camarilla
- Chipzilla
- couplezilla
- cuntzilla
- Drusilla
- Fedzilla
- fibrilla
- Godzilla
- groomzilla
- hemimaxilla
- hydrilla
- manilla
- millah
- momzilla
- perilla
- premaxilla
- promzilla
- salsilla
- scrilla
- sensilla
- septomaxilla
- serial killer
- sherilla
- Silla
- sinsemilla
- spirilla
- submaxilla
Questions about scintilla
- What does scintilla mean?
- Scintilla means a small spark or flash.
- What is scintilla in Hindi?
- Scintilla in Hindi is चकमक (cakmak), आँच (ā̃c). See Scintilla meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scintilla?
- Scintilla is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scintilla?
- Scintilla is pronounced /sɪnˈtɪlə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of scintilla?
- The plural of scintilla is scintillae.
Words near scintilla in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scintilla (page history and authors); scintilla (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scintilla (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scintilla (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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