| 释义 |
self-reˈpulsion ? Obs.
[self- 1 a.]
The action of self-repellent molecules or substances. So self-reˈpulsive a., self-repellent.
1834Prout Chem. Meteorol. App. 563 The individual molecules of the gas..are thus enabled to assume those positions..in which their mutual self-repulsion is the greatest possible. Ibid. 70 A given volume of steam,..contains the same number of self-repulsive molecules, as a similar volume of air. Ibid. 73 The molecules..may..be supposed to exert a self-repulsive influence on each other. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sci. III. 17 æpinus devised a method of examining the nature of the electricity..by means of which he ascertained its distribution, and found that it agreed with such a law of self-repulsion. |