repulsion Definition
re·pul·sion (ri pul′s̸hən)
noun
- a repelling or being repelled
- strong dislike, distaste, or aversion; repugnance
- Physics the mutual action by which bodies or particles of matter tend to repel each other
Etymology: LL repulsio
repulsion Synonyms
repulsion
n.
repulsion Usage Examples
Converse of object
- overcome: The high kinetic energies are needed to overcome the repulsion of the two positive nuclei.
- have: If all the particles have a mutual repulsion then the dispersion will remain stable.
- feel: Yet it seems sad to feel such desperate repulsion from one's fellow beings, however degraded.
- minimize: Finally, you have to use this information to work out the shape: Arrange these electron pairs in space to minimize repulsions.
Adjective modifier
- electrostatic: The reason for this is the electrostatic repulsion of the protons.
- mutual: Adjust all pins according to mutual repulsion keeping them on the same ring.
- electrical: It slows down, losing kinetic energy as its potential energy, of electrical repulsion, increases in compensation.
- strong: That makes a total of 4 lone pair-bond pair repulsions - compared with 6 of these relatively strong repulsions in the last structure.
- lone: Because of the two lone pairs there are therefore 6 lone pair-bond pair repulsions.
Modifies a noun
- energy: Repulsion energies greater than EMAX will then be calculated all over the z-plane.
- force: The repulsion force being caused by the fact that the copper has more neutrons than the water.
Preposition: between
- electron: The repulsion between the 3s electrons obviously isn't enough to outweigh this either.
- charge: This occurs at the surface of the drops and depends in part on repulsion between the charges on the molecules.
- pair: There is going to be a lot of repulsion between the various lone pairs on all the atoms surrounding the carbon.
- particle: It has been shown that the repulsion between hydrophobic particles is caused by electric charges at their surface in contact with the oil.
Noun used with modifier
- electron: You will probably be familiar with working out the shapes of simple compounds using the electron pair repulsion theory.
- pair: You will probably be familiar with working out the shapes of simple compounds using the electron pair repulsion theory.
- direction: Our experiments have measured the magnitude of the direction repulsion under various conditions.
- pair-bond: Because of the two lone pairs there are therefore 6 lone pair-bond pair repulsions.
- charge: Much of this expanse is due to electric charge repulsion between the negatively charged phosphate groups in the DNA backbone.
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