Definitions for glimmer
ˈglɪm ərglim·mer

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gleam, gleaming, glimmer(noun)

   a flash of light (especially reflected light)

2. inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer(verb)

   a slight suggestion or vague understanding

   "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

3. gleam, glimmer(verb)

   shine brightly, like a star or a light

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. glimmer(Noun)

   A faint light; a dim glow.

   The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.

2. glimmer(Noun)

   A flash of light.

3. glimmer(Noun)

   A faint or remote possibility.

   A glimmer of hope.

4. glimmer(Noun)

   mica

5. glimmer(Verb)

   To shine with a faint light.

   The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glimmer(verb)

   to give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp

2. Glimmer(noun)

   a faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam

3. Glimmer(noun)

   mica. See Mica

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1. GLIMMER

   In bioinformatics GLIMMER was the first system for finding genes that used the interpolated Markov model formalism. It is effective at finding genes in bacteria, archaea, and viruses, typically finding 98–99% of all protein-coding genes. The GLIMMER software is open source and can be found at the links below. It is maintained by Steven Salzberg, Art Delcher, and their colleagues at the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at Johns Hopkins University. Because of its high accuracy, Glimmer is the system of choice for genome annotation efforts on a wide range of bacteria, archaeal, and viral species. In a large-scale reannotation effort at the DNA Data Bank of Japan. Kosuge et al. examined the gene finding methods used for 183 genomes. They reported that of these projects, Glimmer was the gene finder for 49%, followed by GeneMark with 12%, with other algorithms used in 3% or fewer of the projects. Glimmer was used by the DNA Databank of Japan to re-annotate all bacterial genomes in the International Nucleotide Sequence Databases. It is also being used by this group to annotate viruses. Glimmer is part of the bacterial annotation pipeline at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which also maintains a web server for Glimmer, as do sites in Germany, Canada, and elsewhere.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Glimmer

   glim′ėr, v.i. to burn or appear faintly.—n. a faint light: feeble rays of light: (min.) mica.—ns. Glimm′er-gowk (Tenn.), an owl; Glimm′ering, a glimmer: an inkling.—adv. Glimm′eringly. [M. E. glimeren; most prob. directly Scand.; Dan. glimre, to glimmer, Sw. prov. glim, a glance.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of glimmer in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of glimmer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of glimmer in a Sentence

1. Lorne Baring:

   Investors have a glimmer of hope from the fact that in Alexis Tsipras' speech he still refers to a deal being struck. And with the removal of Yanis Varoufakis as finance minister, there is clearly an intent to improve relations with the Troika creditor group, however, in the face of the Greek tragedy and China market turbulence, investors still have plenty to worry about.

2. Nicos Anastasiades:

   I expect that the other side will show the same good will, to move forward, we have to deal with these issues seriously to see a glimmer of hope, of light for the future.

3. Kim Cochran:

   So we said no, leave him where he is at, but our family physician said,' If they give you a glimmer of hope, you take it. If he dies in transport, that's God's calling,' so we decided to let him be transported.

4. Gareth Bayley:

   Today we have a glimmer of hope, a slightest hope.

5. Ian Rintoul:

   The level of frustration on Manus Island is as high as it has ever been, the court action, while a glimmer of hope, is frustrating them as there has been no action despite detention being found to be unlawful.

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