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   glimmer

   /ˈɡlɪmə/

   verb

   • 1. shine faintly with a wavering light: "the moonlight glimmered on the lawn"

   noun

   • 1. a faint or wavering light: "he saw a faint glimmer of light from her window" Similar gleamglintflickershimmerglowtwinklesparkleblinkflashray
   • 2. a faint sign of a feeling or quality, especially a desirable one: "there is one glimmer of hope for Becky" Similar gleamglimmeringflickerraytracefaint signscintillasuggestionhint

   Word Origin late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish glimra and Danish glimre.

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   What does glimmer mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! GLIMMER definition: 1. to shine with a weak light or a light that is not continuous: 2. a light that glimmers weakly…. Learn more.

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   What is a glimmer of an idea?

   • A glimmer of an idea is just a small inkling of an idea. When someone doesn't understand something, you could make them feel worse by saying, "You don't have a glimmer of what I'm talking about, do you?" When it comes to light, you can also say light is glimmering, or gleaming. People often say stars are glimmering.

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   What is glimmer in bioinformatics?

   • The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. GLIMMER ( Gene Locator and Interpolated Markov ModelER) was the first bioinformatics system for finding genes that used the interpolated Markov model formalism. It is very effective at finding genes in bacteria, archaea, and viruses, typically finding 98 – 99 % of all protein-coding genes.

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   What is a glimmer of a distant star?

   • Noun the glimmer of a distant star Their first meeting with the new boss gave them a glimmer of what they could expect. Its existence today is nothing short of miraculous — glimmering through the cracks of the city’s towers, a reminder that some ghosts of public art are around us.

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   Are there glimmers of the future?

   • There are only glimmers of prospects for the future. Amidst the fashionable gloom there are at least some glimmers of light. Last year it was named as the northern business of the year—a well-deserved accolade—but such success stories are only small glimmers of light in a dark and bleak environment.

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   What does glimmered on a rusty metal mean?

   • 1. To emit a dim, intermittent light: "The ocean glimmered on her left like an iridescent pewter bowl" (Elizabeth Adler). See Synonyms at flash. 2. To be reflected in dim, intermittent flashes: "Starlight glimmered on rusty metal" (David Drake).

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   A glimmer is a tiny glint of light or the sliver of an idea. Either way, it's a sign of a lot more going on behind the scenes.

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   Glimmer is a verb meaning to produce or reflect a faint, gentle, often unsteady light, or a noun meaning such a light or a faint sign of something. Learn more about its pronunciation, word origin, collocations, and usage in sentences.