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Repulsive vs Otheoscope - What's the difference?

repulsive | otheoscope |

As an adjective repulsive

is tending to rouse aversion or to repulse.

As a noun otheoscope is

an instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in a vacuum; a modification of the radiometer.

repulsive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  • (physics) having the capacity to repel

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "repulsive" is often applied: force, interaction, potential.

    Synonyms

    * repellent * similar: disgusting, vile

    Antonyms

    * (tending to rouse aversion ) attractive * (physics, having the capacity to repel ) attractive

    Anagrams

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    otheoscope

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in a vacuum; a modification of the radiometer.
  • * 2008 , William Hodson Brock, William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science
    • In a generous gesture that soon turned sour, Crookes allowed Gimingham to make otheoscopes in his spare time and make a profit on them by selling them