\Cor`us*ca"tion\ (k?r`?s-k?"sh?n), n. [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.] 1. A sudden flash or play of light. A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call ?t a little coruscation. --Boyle. 2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy. He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor??cations of his genius. --I. Taylor. Syn: Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.