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Webster 1913 Edition
Coruscation
Corˊus-ca′tion
(k?rˊ?s-k?′sh?n)
, Noun.
[L.
coruscatio
: cf. F. coruscattion
.] 1.
A sudden flash or play of light.
A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call [GREEK]t a little
coruscation
. Boyle.
2.
A flash of intellectual brilliancy.
Syn. – Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Coruscation
CORUSCATION
, n [L.]1.
A flash; a sudden burst of light in the clouds or atmosphere.2.
The light produced by the combustion of imflammable gas in the earth.Artificial coruscations are produced by phosporus and sulphuric acid, or by sulphuric acid and iron filings.