Repulsion
noun
A strong feeling of dislike or disgust.
The idea of eating insects filled her with repulsion.
Often appears as...
- overcome with repulsion
- filled with repulsion
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Disapproving
noun
The force that pushes two things apart.
Magnetic repulsion causes the two magnets to push away from each other.
Often appears as...
- magnetic repulsion
- electrostatic repulsion
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Technical
noun
A strong feeling of dislike or disgust.
The idea of eating insects filled her with repulsion.
Often appears as...
- overcome with repulsion
- filled with repulsion
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The force that pushes two things apart.
Magnetic repulsion causes the two magnets to push away from each other.
Often appears as...
- magnetic repulsion
- electrostatic repulsion
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Repulsion indicates a powerful emotional response, more intense than mere dislike.
His repulsion on seeing the dirty room was almost palpable.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Reaction
Use 'repulsion' to describe an instant, strong negative reaction, often involuntary.
He felt a wave of repulsion as the moldy smell hit him.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Expressions
'Repulsion' can provoke visible signs of discomfort or aversion in people.
Her face twisted in repulsion at the sour taste.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Repulsion indicates a powerful emotional response, more intense than mere dislike.
His repulsion on seeing the dirty room was almost palpable.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Reaction
Use 'repulsion' to describe an instant, strong negative reaction, often involuntary.
He felt a wave of repulsion as the moldy smell hit him.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Expressions
'Repulsion' can provoke visible signs of discomfort or aversion in people.
Her face twisted in repulsion at the sour taste.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Repulsion indicates a powerful emotional response, more intense than mere dislike.
His repulsion on seeing the dirty room was almost palpable.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Reaction
Use 'repulsion' to describe an instant, strong negative reaction, often involuntary.
He felt a wave of repulsion as the moldy smell hit him.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Expressions
'Repulsion' can provoke visible signs of discomfort or aversion in people.
Her face twisted in repulsion at the sour taste.
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Keith Schacht & Zach...
Now this is important for two reasons. the soft properties of the magnet that make it so that, if it were to hit the rider in the head, it wouldn't injure him. In addition, you can see from the diagram on the right, the underpart of the slide would be an electromagnet. So this would actually repel the rider a little bit as you're going down. The force of the water rushing down, in addition to that repulsion force,
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Michel Laberge: How...
So the problem is, those two nuclei, they are both positively charged, so they don't want to fuse. They go like this. They go like that. So in order to make them fuse, you have to throw them at each other with great speed, and if they have enough speed, they will go against the repulsion,
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The science of...
The pairs of electrons are all negatively charged. Similar charges repel, so they tend to stay as far away from each other as possible. The pairs form four electron clouds, two of which are where the hydrogen and oxygen share electrons. The repulsion between the unbonded pairs
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Is radiation dangerous?...
Nuclear radiation, on the other hand, originates in the atomic nucleus, where protons repel each other due to their mutually positive charges. A phenomenon known as the strong nuclear force struggles to overcome this repulsion and keep the nucleus intact.
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Psychedelic Science PIPE...
the ferrofluid has formed spikes. This is due to the attraction and the repulsion of the individual particles inside the liquid. Now this looks already quite interesting, but let me now add some watercolors to it. Those are just standard watercolors
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What is the shape of a...
so as to maximize the attraction of opposite charges and minimize the repulsion of like charges. Now, let's assume that the only electrons that matter to a molecule's shape are the outermost ones from each participating atom. And let's also assume
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How To Levitate PIPE The...
both have a north and a south pole. And opposite poles attract. And same poles repel. It's that repulsion that we want for levitation. So, if I take a look at this set of magnets inside of this test tube,
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Boaz Almog "levitates" a...
it just stays locked in midair. Now, this is not just levitation. It's not just repulsion. I can rearrange the fluxons, and it will be locked in this new configuration.
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Edward Burtynsky:...
that I'm drawn to have a good life. I want a house, and I want a car. But there's this consequence out there. And how do I begin to have that attraction, repulsion?
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How cults rewire the...
This is the leg of a suicide bomber. The thing I had to admit to myself, with great repulsion, was that I get it. I understand how this could happen.
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Keith Schacht & Zach...
Now this is important for two reasons. the soft properties of the magnet that make it so that, if it were to hit the rider in the head, it wouldn't injure him. In addition, you can see from the diagram on the right, the underpart of the slide would be an electromagnet. So this would actually repel the rider a little bit as you're going down. The force of the water rushing down, in addition to that repulsion force,
Video examples
Michel Laberge: How...
So the problem is, those two nuclei, they are both positively charged, so they don't want to fuse. They go like this. They go like that. So in order to make them fuse, you have to throw them at each other with great speed, and if they have enough speed, they will go against the repulsion,
Video examples
The science of...
The pairs of electrons are all negatively charged. Similar charges repel, so they tend to stay as far away from each other as possible. The pairs form four electron clouds, two of which are where the hydrogen and oxygen share electrons. The repulsion between the unbonded pairs
Video examples
Is radiation dangerous?...
Nuclear radiation, on the other hand, originates in the atomic nucleus, where protons repel each other due to their mutually positive charges. A phenomenon known as the strong nuclear force struggles to overcome this repulsion and keep the nucleus intact.
Video examples
Psychedelic Science PIPE...
the ferrofluid has formed spikes. This is due to the attraction and the repulsion of the individual particles inside the liquid. Now this looks already quite interesting, but let me now add some watercolors to it. Those are just standard watercolors
Video examples
What is the shape of a...
so as to maximize the attraction of opposite charges and minimize the repulsion of like charges. Now, let's assume that the only electrons that matter to a molecule's shape are the outermost ones from each participating atom. And let's also assume
Video examples
How To Levitate PIPE The...
both have a north and a south pole. And opposite poles attract. And same poles repel. It's that repulsion that we want for levitation. So, if I take a look at this set of magnets inside of this test tube,
Video examples
Boaz Almog "levitates" a...
it just stays locked in midair. Now, this is not just levitation. It's not just repulsion. I can rearrange the fluxons, and it will be locked in this new configuration.
Video examples
Edward Burtynsky:...
that I'm drawn to have a good life. I want a house, and I want a car. But there's this consequence out there. And how do I begin to have that attraction, repulsion?
Video examples
How cults rewire the...
This is the leg of a suicide bomber. The thing I had to admit to myself, with great repulsion, was that I get it. I understand how this could happen.
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Edward Everett
American Statesman
In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion.
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Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
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Chris Jordan
American Artist
All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel toward our consumer habits and our consumer lives.
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William Blake
English Poet
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
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Greg Gutfeld
American Author
The girls I dated liked or disliked me, whether I weighed 140 or 150; and six-pack abs had no relevance on their love or repulsion.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
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Marion Cotillard
French Actress
I've always had a repulsion going in a place where animals are in captivity.
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Edward Everett
American Statesman
In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion.
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Italo Calvino
Italian Journalist
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
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Chris Jordan
American Artist
All of my work is meant to evoke a whole bunch of different layers of discord between the attraction and repulsion that we feel toward our consumer habits and our consumer lives.
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William Blake
English Poet
Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
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Greg Gutfeld
American Author
The girls I dated liked or disliked me, whether I weighed 140 or 150; and six-pack abs had no relevance on their love or repulsion.
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Honore de Balzac
French Novelist
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
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Marion Cotillard
French Actress
I've always had a repulsion going in a place where animals are in captivity.
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