单词 | repellency |
释义 | repellencyn. = repellence n. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness horribility13.. loathlihead1340 odiousnessa1513 abominableness?1529 fedity1542 heinousness1563 hatefulness1565 disdain1590 detestableness1612 abhorringa1616 obscenitya1618 nauseousness1657 obnoxiousness1674 repellency1733 repulsiveness1804 detestability1834 repellingness1834 loathednessa1859 rebarbativity1947 rebarbativeness1966 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > repelling > quality or power of repellency1733 repellence1817 1733 A. Baxter Enq. Nature Human Soul i. 40 The repellency between the particles of air is the immediate effect of the power of God. 1772 A. Oliver Ess. Comets i. 20 There is a mutual repellency subsisting between particles of air, whereby they continually endeavour to recede from each other. 1836 J. Abbott Way to do Good vii. 222 It is this overrated importance..that constitutes the repellency between the brawlers. 1866 W. C. Fowler Hist. Durham, Connecticut 4 It is not known that a single emigrant to Durham..was detached from his former residence, in a primitive town, by the repellency of dissent. 1911 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 19 May 6 (advt.) Our 'Rain-proof' straw hat..will show noticeable wearing qualities and perfect repellency to the ordinary rain. 1966 Sci. News 15 Oct. 295/1 It forms an invisible layer of film which provides continual water repellency for several months. 2003 D. Goulson Bumblebees x. 116 In honeybees, the chemical cue which causes repellency is thought to be secreted from the mandibular glands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1733 |
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