repulsion, standoff
(noun) the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror
(noun) intense aversion
repulsion, repulsive force
(noun) the force by which bodies repel one another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
repulsion (countable and uncountable, plural repulsions)
The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
(physics) The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
• attraction
• neuropils
Source: Wiktionary
Re*pul"sion (r-pl"shn), n. Etym: [L. repulsio: cf. F. répulsion.]
1. The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled.
2. A feeling of violent offence or disgust; repugnance.
3. (Physics)
Definition: The power, either inherent or due to some physical action, by which bodies, or the particles of bodies, are made to recede from each other, or to resist each other's nearer approach; as, molecular repulsion; electrical repulsion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
