单词 | repellance |
释义 | repellancen. 1. = repellence n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > driving away > repelling repulsionc1460 repulsing1490 repulse1578 repelling1611 staving1633 repellance1798 beating off1803 1798 E. Gardner Misc. I. 155 The pursuit of this favorite mode of acquiring subsistence, rendered the association of individuals necessary, for the purposes of annoyance and repellance. 1846 C. G. Finney Lect. Systematic Theol. xxv. 312 Neither can be in the presence of the other without repellance and opposition. 1869 ‘Ouida’ Tricotrin I. 36 She uttered the words that had wounded her, as though in haughty repellance of their power to sting. 1936 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 55 272 The principal factors giving stability to the oil-cresoap-water emulsions presumably are..electrical repellance and Brownian movements of the oil globules. 2006 P. J. Gregory Plant Roots iv. 114 Cytoplasm is also negatively charged..resulting in the attraction of cations and the repellance of anions. 2. = repellence n. 2. ΚΠ 1811 A. F. Holstein Isadora of Milan in Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. 24 (1812) 209 Repellance rather than hauteur marked her air. 1883 Chester (Pa.) Times 15 Nov. 2/1 The freezing disdain and un-Christian repellance which marks too many of our citizens. 1916 A. F. Johnston Georgina of Rainbows vi. 73 Its usual chill repellance had been changed into something inviting by the wood fire on the hearth. 1974 Times Mar. 5 9/1 Just what one wants from a mac... Total water repellance..and liberal cut for wearing over lots of tweeds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798 |
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