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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount;
[syn: shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]

2. a sparkling glittering particle; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Scintilla \Scin*til"la\, n. [L.]
   A spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle. --R. North.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

scintilla
    n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
         scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
         smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
    2: a sparkling glittering particle