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noun (scintillae, pl2=scintillas)
  1. A small spark or flash.
  2. A small or trace amount.
Etymology: Existing in English since the seventeenth century<ref name="COED-etymdate">The Concise Oxford English Dictionary Eleventh Edition</ref>; from Latin, scintilla, "sparkle, sparkling speck, atom".

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