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repulsion

noun
/ɹɪˈpʌlʃən/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.

  1. derived from repulsus
  2. derived from repulsio
  3. borrowed from répulsion

Definitions

  1. The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.

  2. An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.

  3. The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic…

    The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.

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Derived

chemorepulsion, Coulomb repulsion, electrorepulsion, interrepulsion, repulsion motor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at repulsion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at repulsion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at repulsion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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