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untwinkle

untwinkle verb: to remove the twinkling from.

Verb

untwinkle (third-person singular simple present untwinkles, present participle untwinkling, simple past and past participle untwinkled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the twinkling from.
    • In effect, adaptive optics systems "untwinkle" the stars. The forefront telescopes described below all have segmented mirrors and adaptive optics.2022, James Trefil, Robert M. Hazen, The Sciences: An Integrated Approach (page 372)

Forms of untwinkle

third-person singular presentuntwinkles
present participleuntwinkling
past participleuntwinkled
pastuntwinkled

Origin of untwinkle

un- + twinkle

Questions about untwinkle

What does untwinkle mean?
Untwinkle means to remove the twinkling from.
What part of speech is untwinkle?
Untwinkle is a verb.
What is the past tense of untwinkle?
The past tense of untwinkle is untwinkled.

Words near untwinkle in the dictionary

  1. untwilled
  2. untwine
  3. untwined
  4. untwines
  5. untwining
  6. untwinkle
  7. untwinkled
  8. untwinkles
  9. untwinkling
  10. untwinned
  11. untwirl

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