🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

斥力

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sekiryoku

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Repulsive force/rɪˈpʌl.sɪv fɔːs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"同種のエレクトロンの間には強い斥力が働きます。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A force that acts to separate or push two objects or particles away from each other.

    "Like charges in electrostatics experience a strong repulsive force that drives them apart."
  2. 2

    In physics, any fundamental interaction that generates outward pressure or opposition to compression.

    "Quantum degeneracy pressure creates a repulsive force that prevents certain stars from collapsing entirely."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'repulsive', originating from the Latin 'repulsivus' (driven back, from repellere), with 'force', derived from the Latin 'fortis' (strong). Emerging in modern physics vocabulary during the 19th century, it describes interactions that push objects away from each other.

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