scintillatorn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪntᵻleɪtə/, U.S.

/ˈsɪn(t)əˌleɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scintillate v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < scintillate v. + -or suffix.

†1. gen. A person who or thing which scintillates; spec. a twinkling star. Frequently figurative. Obsolete.In quot. 1830 alluding to a bioluminescent starfish.

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the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by light > [noun] > scintillating star

scintillator1868

1787 Ld. Plunket Let. 26 Oct. in Life, Lett., & Speeches (1867) I. 48 Emmett's character is a complete riddle... Who would think that a spark of Cicero's fire could exist in a composition which has so much of N——'s mind in it? I imagine the ‘scintillator’ knows both himself and the world better than Emmett does.

1830 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 321 It is an opinion held by sailors..that the luminousness of the sea is a forerunner of stormy weather... Even hurricanes have swept over us while on the deep, without their having ever been so kind as to send a host of bright scintillators to warn us of our danger.

1851 Working Farmer 1 Sept. 164/3 We like old stagers when vigorous, more than mere phosphorescent scintillators whose jokes require to be surrounded by their own dulness to give them brilliancy.

1868 R. A. Proctor in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 95/1 Capella is another notable scintillator, seen low down towards the north during the summer nights.

1876 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 6 Feb. Knowing that plain language is not palatable, and that truth is the last diet the evening scintillator wants to be put upon, we spoke in a parable.

1888 Critic (N.Y.) 24 Nov. 152/2 Bringing together..stars of the first magnitude like Chaucer and Shakspeare with clever twinklers and scintillators like Pope.

1894 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 14 Feb. 6/6 He is now at the head of his own two papers,..both scintillators of the first magnitude.

1899 Catholic World Sept. 788 He might have become a solid thinker instead of a mere scintillator of flashy phrases.

2. Nuclear Physics.

a. = scintillant n.

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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > alpha radiation > [noun] > fluorescent material

scintillator1950

scintillant1956

1950 Physical Rev. 78 81/2 Terphenyl crystals..appear to be among the most durable of presently known organic scintillators.

1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors vi. 63 Even in crystalline or liquid scintillators of high transparency it is usual to surround the phosphor with a reflecting surface.

1985 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) June 45/1 The detector was a 300-liter tank filled with a liquid scintillator.

2002 F. Close et al. Particle Odyssey vi. 91 (caption) A large rectangular sheet of plastic scintillator is prepared for an experiment at CERN.

b. = scintillation detector n. at scintillation n. Compounds 2.

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the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > alpha radiation > [noun] > detector for charged particles

scintillation detector1949

scintillator1952

the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > gamma radiation > [noun] > detector of

scintillation detector1949

scintillator1952

1952 Ann. Rev. Nuclear Sci. 1 188 The increase in scintillator signal when the plate is grounded is a measure of the beam which travels more than once around the orbit before being lost.

1964 J. E. Ransom Range Guide to Mines & Minerals ii. 26 Anomaly maps were made originally by..flying airplanes over regions of suspected radioactivity with scintillators on long cables below the planes.

2002 Nucl. Instruments & Methods Physics Res. A. 482 287/1 The S1 and S2 scintillators are made from a relatively new scintillating crystal material.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	scintillator
释义	scintillatorn. Brit. /ˈsɪntᵻleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈsɪn(t)əˌleɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scintillate v., -or suffix. Etymology: < scintillate v. + -or suffix. †1. gen. A person who or thing which scintillates; spec. a twinkling star. Frequently figurative. Obsolete.In quot. 1830 alluding to a bioluminescent starfish. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > by light > [noun] > scintillating star scintillator1868 1787 Ld. Plunket Let. 26 Oct. in Life, Lett., & Speeches (1867) I. 48 Emmett's character is a complete riddle... Who would think that a spark of Cicero's fire could exist in a composition which has so much of N——'s mind in it? I imagine the ‘scintillator’ knows both himself and the world better than Emmett does. 1830 Mag. Nat. Hist. 3 321 It is an opinion held by sailors..that the luminousness of the sea is a forerunner of stormy weather... Even hurricanes have swept over us while on the deep, without their having ever been so kind as to send a host of bright scintillators to warn us of our danger. 1851 Working Farmer 1 Sept. 164/3 We like old stagers when vigorous, more than mere phosphorescent scintillators whose jokes require to be surrounded by their own dulness to give them brilliancy. 1868 R. A. Proctor in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 95/1 Capella is another notable scintillator, seen low down towards the north during the summer nights. 1876 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 6 Feb. Knowing that plain language is not palatable, and that truth is the last diet the evening scintillator wants to be put upon, we spoke in a parable. 1888 Critic (N.Y.) 24 Nov. 152/2 Bringing together..stars of the first magnitude like Chaucer and Shakspeare with clever twinklers and scintillators like Pope. 1894 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 14 Feb. 6/6 He is now at the head of his own two papers,..both scintillators of the first magnitude. 1899 Catholic World Sept. 788 He might have become a solid thinker instead of a mere scintillator of flashy phrases. 2. Nuclear Physics. a. = scintillant n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > alpha radiation > [noun] > fluorescent material scintillator1950 scintillant1956 1950 Physical Rev. 78 81/2 Terphenyl crystals..appear to be among the most durable of presently known organic scintillators. 1963 B. Fozard Instrumentation Nucl. Reactors vi. 63 Even in crystalline or liquid scintillators of high transparency it is usual to surround the phosphor with a reflecting surface. 1985 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) June 45/1 The detector was a 300-liter tank filled with a liquid scintillator. 2002 F. Close et al. Particle Odyssey vi. 91 (caption) A large rectangular sheet of plastic scintillator is prepared for an experiment at CERN. b. = scintillation detector n. at scintillation n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > alpha radiation > [noun] > detector for charged particles scintillation detector1949 scintillator1952 the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > radioactivity > gamma radiation > [noun] > detector of scintillation detector1949 scintillator1952 1952 Ann. Rev. Nuclear Sci. 1 188 The increase in scintillator signal when the plate is grounded is a measure of the beam which travels more than once around the orbit before being lost. 1964 J. E. Ransom Range Guide to Mines & Minerals ii. 26 Anomaly maps were made originally by..flying airplanes over regions of suspected radioactivity with scintillators on long cables below the planes. 2002 Nucl. Instruments & Methods Physics Res. A. 482 287/1 The S1 and S2 scintillators are made from a relatively new scintillating crystal material. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1787
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