shine+faintly
11glimmer — I. intransitive verb (glimmered; glimmering) Etymology: Middle English glimeren; akin to Old English glǣm gleam Date: 15th century 1. a. to shine faintly or unsteadily b. to give off a subdued unsteady reflection 2. to appear indistinctly with a… …
12glimmer — /glim euhr/, n. 1. a faint or unsteady light; gleam. 2. a dim perception; inkling. v.i. 3. to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker. 4. to appear faintly or dimly. [1300 50; ME glimeren to gleam; c. G glimmern; cf. OE gleomu… …
13glimmering — n. sparkle; flicker; faint light; gleam adj. sparkling; flickering; shining faintly glim·mer || glɪmÉ™(r) n. sparkle; flicker; faint light; gleam v. sparkle; flicker, blink; shine faintly …
14glimmer — glim•mer [[t]ˈglɪm ər[/t]] n. 1) a faint or unsteady light; gleam 2) a dim perception; faint glimpse or idea; inkling 3) to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker 4) to appear faintly or dimly • Etymology: 1300–50; ME glimeren… …
15glimmer — /ˈglɪmə / (say glimuh) verb (i) 1. to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle; flicker. 2. to appear faintly or dimly. –noun 3. a faint or unsteady light; gleam. 4. a faint appearance or indication: a glimmer of hope. {Middle English glemer(en)… …
16Gullstrand-Painlevé coordinates — GullStrand Painlevé (GP) coordinates were proposed by Paul Painlevé [Paul Painlevé, “La mécanique classique et la théorie de la relativité”, C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 173, 677–680 (1921). ] and Allvar Gullstrand [Allvar Gullstrand, “Allgemeine… …
17glimpse — [14] Glimpse originally meant ‘shine faintly’. It comes from the same Germanic source (*glaim , *glim ) as produced English gleam and glimmer. The modern sense ‘see briefly’ developed in the 18th century from the noun glimpse, originally a… …
18glimpse — (v.) c.1400, to glisten, be dazzling, probably from O.E. *glimsian shine faintly, from P.Gmc. *glim (see GLEAM (Cf. gleam)). If so, the intrusive p would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of catch a quick view first recorded mid 15c. Related …
19glimmer — glim·mer || glɪmÉ™(r) n. sparkle; flicker; faint light; gleam v. sparkle; flicker, blink; shine faintly …
20glimmered — glim·mer || glɪmÉ™(r) n. sparkle; flicker; faint light; gleam v. sparkle; flicker, blink; shine faintly …
