visible radiation vs scintillation

scintillation vs visible radiation

visible radiation and scintillation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
visible radiation	Yes	No	No	No
scintillation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scintillation is a hyponym of visible radiation; that is, scintillation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than visible radiation:

visible radiation: (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
scintillation: (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle

Other hyponyms of visible radiation include beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, candle flame, candlelight, corona, counterglow, gegenschein, daylight, firelight, fluorescence, friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, gaslight, glow, glowing, radiance, glow, half-light, glow, incandescence, lamplight, luminescence, meteor, shooting star, Moon, moonlight, moonshine, starlight, sun, sunlight, sunshine, streamer, torchlight, twilight.

visible radiation (noun)	scintillation (noun)
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation	the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
	the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight
	a brilliant display of wit
	a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
	(physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle

Difference between visible radiation and scintillation

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.