scintilla
nounA minute amount; an iota or trace.
nounA spark; a flash.
nounA spark; a glimmer; hence, the least particle; a trace; a tittle.
noun[capitalized] [NL.] In zoology:
nounA genus of bivalve mollusks.
nounA genus of lepidopterous insects.
nounA spark; the least particle; an iota; a tittle.
nounA small 
A small or 
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

 
					 
					