self-repellingadj.
/ˌsɛlfrᵻˈpɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˈpɛlɪŋ/ Designating a substance which tends to expand because its particles repel each other; (also) designating particles, molecules, etc., of the same substance or type which repel each other; = self-repellent adj.
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elastical1660
elastic1681
self-repellent1803
self-repelling1803
self-repulsive1832
perfect1849
incoercible1861
1803 J. Robison Black's Lect. Elements Chem. I. 34 The subtile elastic matter of heat is self-repelling matter, the particles of which have a strong repulsion for one another.
1848 A. Bain On Applic. Sci. to Human Health & Well-being 3 Every material that the earth supplies has the power of being, either a compact solid, a slightly adhesive liquid, or a self-repelling gas.
1885 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 27 Feb. Clean feathers seem to have no weight; they are round with self-repelling down; they catch the lightest air.
1900 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 Oct. 975/2 The healthy living tissue had the remarkable peculiarity of being destitute of this general aggregating property of solids, behaving rather like the self-repelling particles of gases.
1966 Philosophy 41 135 I am the contact and union of that which is utterly self-repelling.
2004 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 362 1500 The DNA chain within the phage is self-repelling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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