glint

n.

1. A momentary flash of light; a sparkle: a glint of sunlight through the clouds.
2. A faint or fleeting indication; a trace:a glint of suspicion on his face.

intr.v., glint·ed, glint·ing, glints.

1. To gleam or give out small flashes of light, usually by reflection: Her glasses glinted in the sunlight. See synonyms at flash.
2. To be reflected in small flashes: The moon glinted on the lake.

[Middle English glent, of Scandinavian origin.]

A legacy family of 2D and 3D processors from 3D Labs, Inc., a division of Creative Technology Ltd., Milpitas, CA www.3dlabs.com) that were widely used in high-end display adapters. 3D Labs' Wildcat Realizm technology followed the GLINT line, which supports high-level shading languages such as OpenGL and Microsoft's DirectX 9.

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noun

1. A sudden quick light: blink, coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glimmer, spark¹, twinkle, wink. See light/darkness.
2. Sparkling, brilliant light: flash, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle. See beautiful/ugly, light/darkness.

verb

To emit light suddenly in rays or sparks: coruscate, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink. See light/darkness.

IN BRIEF: To shine with small bright flashes.

I'm the diamond glint on snow. — Unknown.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - glimte, blinke, funkle, glitre
v. tr. - få til at blinke
n. - blink, glimt, glimt i øjet

Nederlands (Dutch)
(doen) schitteren, vluchtig kijken/ verschijnen, schittering

Français (French)
v. intr. - étinceler
v. tr. - étinceler
n. - reflet, (fig) lueur (dans le regard)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Strahlen, Glitzern
v. - strahlen, glitzern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανταύγεια, λάμψη, στραφτάλισμα
v. - λαμπυρίζω, στραφταλίζω, σπιθίζω

Italiano (Italian)
riflesso, scintillio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - clarão (m), cintilação (f), vislumbre (m)
v. - cintilar, faiscar, lançar-se

Русский (Russian)
вспышка, яркий мерцающий свет, блеск, вспыхивать, блестеть

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - destellar, mostrar un fulgor, moverse prontamente
v. tr. - provocar un destello o resplandor
n. - resplandor, brillo, fulgor, destello, indicio leve

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blänk
v. - blänka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
闪耀, 反射, 闪闪发光, 使发光, 使闪光, 闪烁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 閃耀, 反射, 閃閃發光
v. tr. - 使發光, 使閃光
n. - 閃爍

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 빛나다, 빠르게 움직이다
v. tr. - 반사하다
n. - 섬광, 반사

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - きらめく, きらきら光る
n. - きらめき

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ومضه (فعل) يتلألأ, يومض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮זרח, הבריק, נצנץ‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם לנצנוץ‬
n. - ‮נצנוץ, ברק‬

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