Repellency

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 - Repellency
Author: Noah Webster

REPEL’LENCY, n.

1. The principle of repulsion; the quality of a substance which expands or separates particles and enlarges the volume; as the repellency of heat.

2. The quality that repels, drives back or resists approach; as the repellency of the electric fluid.

3. Repulsive quality.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Repellency," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed April 26, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CK2WSDX3KCDE1EH.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Repellency." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 26 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CK2WSDX3KCDE1EH.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Repellency' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 26 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CK2WSDX3KCDE1EH.