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EPIPOLISM
Etymology
Noun
epipolism (uncountable)
(obsolete) fluorescence
Source: Wiktionary
E*pip"o*lism, n. Etym: [Gr. (Opt.)
Definition: See Fluorescence. [R.] Sir J. Herschel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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