REPULSION
\ɹɪpˈʌlʃən], \ɹɪpˈʌlʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_p_ˈʌ_l_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of REPULSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
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The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
By Oddity Software
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A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
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The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
By Noah Webster.
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Act of repulsing or driving back: state of being repelled: power by which bodies or their particles repel each other.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act or process of driving back; also the force exerted by one body on another which tends to cause their separation. See attraction.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of repelling or driving back:- in physics, an inherent property of matter by which bodies refuse to unite with other bodies, or by which the particles or atoms of a body recede from each other, and are kept from actual contact or fusion;- feeling of aversion or dislike; repugnance.