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单词 actinobolism
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actinobolismn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin actinobolismus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin actinobolismus ( A. Kircher Ars magna lucis et umbræ (1646) 107) < Hellenistic Greek ἀκτινοβόλος sending forth rays ( < ancient Greek ἀκτινο- actino- comb. form + -βολος : see peribolos n.) + post-classical Latin -ismus -ism suffix.
Obsolete.
The projection or emission of rays (as of light, heat, etc.); radiation.It was formerly supposed that such a process might account for the transmission of mental ideas, intentions, or images; hence the association with hypnotism in quot. 1860. Cf. diradiation n. 1, 2.
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the world > matter > light > [noun] > ray or beam > emission of
beaming1398
radiationa1500
radiancea1593
radiancy1595
irradiation1599
eradiation1633
irradiancy1646
actinobolism1654
radiature1663
effulgence1667
irradiance1667
circumradiancy1673
diradiation1706
beaminess1741
raying1787
rayonnance1848
radiate1889
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. vi. 210 Here is the only difference betwixt the Actinobolism of Light and Sounds; that the one is performed in time imperceptible, though not instantaneous: the other in moments distinguishable.
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Actinobolism, an irradiation of beams, or shooting forth of the spirits like beams of the sun.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Actinobolism, the Diffusion or Deradiation of Light or Sound.
1860 Med. Times & Gaz. 18 Feb. 182/1 The stir about Hypnotism in Paris has induced book-worms to look up old musty records, and they find that the thing was known to Father Kircher and others two centuries ago. He terms the phenomena actinobolism, or irradiation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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