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单词 odyle
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odylen.

Brit. /ˈɒd(ɪ)l/, /ˈəʊd(ɪ)l/, U.S. /ˈɑdl/, /ˈoʊdl/
Forms: 1800s odyl, 1800s– odyle. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Od n.2, Greek ὕλη.
Etymology: < Od n.2 + ancient Greek ὕλη hyle n.; compare -yl suffix. Compare French odyle (1866). The corresponding term in K. von Reichenbach's works is apparently always German Od Od n.2
Now historical.
= Od n.2
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1850 W. Gregory Lett. Animal Magn. p. xv Of all the known influences, that of odyle appears to offer the best prospect of success to the investigator.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 278/1 Persons sensitive to odyl saw luminous phenomena near the poles of magnets, or even around the hands or heads of certain persons in whose bodies the force was supposed to be concentrated.
1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy 158 Heat he found to enormously increase quantitatively the flow of Odyle through a metal conductor.
1976 P. Tompkins Mysteries Mexican Pyramids v. xxiii. 328 Karl von Reichenbach's odyle, or what has now come to be known as pyramid power.
1991 P. Heselton Elem. Earth Mysteries (BNC) 33 In 1860, Baron Karl von Reichenbach..published the results of numerous experiments with sensitives using techniques which enabled them to sense an energy which he called..‘odyle’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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