epipolism

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἐπιπολή (epipolḗ, surface) (from τέλλω (téllō, rise)) +‎ -ism.

Noun

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epipolism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) fluorescence
    • 1857, Chemical Gazette:
      You then examined it for epipolism or fluorescence , and you pronounced the opinion that it possessed this property only in a minor degree
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for epipolism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)