(v. i.) To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
(v. i.) To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light.
(n.) The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.
(n.) The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); -- so called from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon woodpecker, and yucca.
Example Sentences:
(1) Indirect blood pressure measurement techniques included automated oscillometry, manual auscultation, visual onset of oscillation (flicker) and return-to-flow methods.
(2) The flickers, similar in nature to the flickers observed for physiological channels, were of the order of 1 ms and the interval between flickers was of the order of 50 ms.
(3) I watched as she made the briefest eye contact with me on their way back, the flicker of hurt and sadness in her eyes reflecting mine, before the shutters came down.
(4) The characteristics of pattern and flicker (movement) detection are compared to electrophysiological studies on X (sustained) and Y (transient) neurones respectively, and correlations are described for studies of temporal frequency response, non-linearity, width of receptive field, strength of the inhibitory surround and motion sensitivity.
(5) The performance tests included tracking, choice reaction, flicker fusion, exophoria, nystagmus, digit symbol substitution and the subjective assessment of mood.
(6) Psychometric performance parameters and the critical flicker-fusion frequency are studied in various groups and in patients with chronic cerebral circulation trouble.
(7) It caused alpha-adrenergic stimulation (blood pressure and pupil diameter) and central nervous system excitation (critical flicker frequency), both of which were more marked in males than in females.
(8) Only two eyes showed a definite alteration in optic disc anatomy without the development of field loss, and field defects appeared in only one of 109 eyes in which there was no change or suspected change on flicker comparison.
(9) There were flickers for Alberto Moreno and Origi straight away, Lallana looped a header off target and Jordan Henderson got the better of Aké before seeing Heurelho Gomes tip over his shot.
(10) Twenty-four male graduate volunteers were administered a battery of psychological tests--critical flicker fusion (CFF; alternate and simultaneous), reaction time (simple and choice), memory (forward and backward), and associative recall--to ascertain their performance capability during the different times of day.
(11) At positive applied voltages, TeTx channels flicker continuously between a closed state and the various distinct open states.
(12) The luminance threshold for the detection of 25 Hz flicker was measured in nine patients with retinal disorders under stimulus conditions that have been shown previously to involve an interaction between rod and cone systems.
(13) The results obtained by flicker were compared with those reported on the responses evoked by different visual stimuli.
(14) The future development of perimetry will be characterized by a refinement of measured value statistics and the testing of perimetric procedures that test more complex physiological functions than sensitivity to differences (e.g., analysis of temporal transmission characteristics in flicker perimetry.
(15) For patients sensitive at normal viewing distances, where 50 Hz diffuse flicker appeared to be responsible for the induction of paroxysmal activity, the probability with which paroxysmal activity was induced was closely related to the subtense of the screen.
(16) Fourteen patients with symptoms of acute unilateral optic neuritis were examined with the Pulfrich test and the Aulhorn flicker test.
(17) Visual discomfort has been related to 1) the presence of flicker; the possibility to regulate, 2) brightness, 3) height; and 4) inclination of monitor.
(18) High ambient temperature had no significant effect on critical flicker fusion frequency.
(19) (1) Annular stimulation of rods slightly facilitated rod-mediated flicker sensitivity to frequencies less than 10 Hz.
(20) The result was good news for the north-east generally as Newcastle’s flickering hopes of escaping the drop were also given the faintest breath of oxygen.
Twinkle
Definition:
(v. i.) To open and shut the eye rapidly; to blink; to wink.
(v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate.
(n.) A closing or opening, or a quick motion, of the eye; a wink or sparkle of the eye.
(n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated.
(n.) The time of a wink; a twinkling.
Example Sentences:
(1) Doesn’t it ever need a break?” “Maybe it likes it,” he shoots back, a twinkle in his eye.
(2) The Scottish defence did well not to panic, there, as Walcott's twinkle-toed run had penalty written all over it.
(3) In the study involving 24 women in the final few months of pregnancy, half were asked to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to their foetuses for five days a week.
(4) Maybe you understand the twinkling of the stars, the falling of objects to earth or what it takes to be an astronaut, or you’ve battled a dragon or discovered just how stinky the stinky past could be in a horrible history.
(5) He has this hilarious, very dry sense of humour, and just before I left, I said to him, ‘So what do you think?’ And he typed out, ‘I wish you luck.’ And then, with this really cheeky twinkle in his eye, added, ‘But not too much.’” Demis Hassabis gives me his own disarming smile.
(6) She had moved on from playing loud, blousy, funny girls on television ( Twinkle in Dinnerladies with Victoria Wood , and Veronica in Shameless ) to complex, heavy-duty characters (Myra Hindley in See No Evil ) and sophisticated, career-driven women (barrister Martha Costello in Peter Moffat’s Silk ).
(7) He reminded me of Fulton Mackay, who played the fierce jailer in Porridge, though without the actor's humorous twinkle.
(8) We’ll definitely show that on the day.” There was a twinkle in his eye and a slight grin on his face but Bale, make no mistake, was deadly serious.
(9) "I haven't read the newspapers," Simon twinkled during an X Factor press conference in LA on Thursday, which was bizarrely described by one media outlet as "ill-timed".
(10) I should warn you,” she said, twinkling, “I’ve met all my best friends in the front rows of shows.” We exchanged phones and “added” each other on Facebook.
(11) Since the magnitude of the changes in flow distributions was the same after 4 min as it was in several hours, we conclude that much of the "twinkling" is a high frequency phenomenon occurring over seconds to a few minutes.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest As Twinkle in Dinnerladies – it was Victoria Wood who told her she would be typecast if she didn’t lose weight.
(13) It was with the Emilia-Romagna outfit that Berardi first broke through as a twinkle-toed teenager and it is with them that he remains, in spite of a goalscoring record that even the greats would envy.
(14) He's just twinkled his way into the box and then spread panic among the Chelsea defenders with a cross that cannoned off two of them before Cole cleared.
(15) It's been around for less than a year, yet Heidi Thomas's wildly successful period drama feels as if it's been with us forever, with each episode essentially a yuletide special in miniature, laden with air-punching nuns and twinkling tales of placentas past.
(16) They made one video, a 30-second version of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star , which was watched about 15,000 times in the first month after its release in August 2011.
(17) The other members of the Justice League remain superpowered twinkles in the studio's eye (bar The Green Lantern, who's more of an unattractive snot-like stain after the debacle of Martin Campbell's 2011 non-event ).
(18) Along the path runs a silhouetted Pip, the last vestiges of sunlight again twinkling off the water as he passes two unoccupied gallows, a sorry bunch of dry flowers in one hand, clouds smeared across the sky like oil paint.
(19) Oak-panelled walls are hung with hunting scenes and pre-independence state crests, while the chandeliers twinkle.
(20) The United team was strong on paper, with Rooney and Van Persie supported by the twinkle-toed Juan Mata and Adnan Januzaj.