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Webster 1913 Edition


Repellency

{

Re-pel′lence

(-lens)
,

Re-pel′len-cy

(-len-s?)
, }
Noun.
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion.

Webster 1828 Edition


Repellency

REPEL'LENCY

, n.
1.
The principle of repulsion; the quality of a substance which expands or separates particles and enlarges the volume; as the repellency of heat.
2.
The quality that repels, drives back or resists approach; as the repellency of the electric fluid.
3.
Repulsive quality.

Definition 2024


repellency

repellency

English

Noun

repellency (usually uncountable, plural repellencies)

  1. The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling.