Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being repellent; the property of repelling; repulsion.
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- noun The ability to repel; the characteristic of repelling.
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Examples
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Hitchens reminded them of what they secretly burned to be -- back when they were fresh out of the J-school manufacturing system -- if only they could write as beautifully, read as deeply, drink as successfully, remember as accurately, fight as gleefully, and reject the daily bromides with such unerring and passionate repellency.
Adam Hanft: The Hitchens Outpouring and Journalistic Self-Hatred Adam Hanft 2011
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Hitchens reminded them of what they secretly burned to be -- back when they were fresh out of the J-school manufacturing system -- if only they could write as beautifully, read as deeply, drink as successfully, remember as accurately, fight as gleefully, and reject the daily bromides with such unerring and passionate repellency.
Adam Hanft: The Hitchens Outpouring and Journalistic Self-Hatred Adam Hanft 2011
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DENVER -- More than 1,000 ducks found dead around Front Range treatment plans likely died when chemicals in the water caused their feathers to lose water repellency.
Denver Duck Deaths At Water Treatment Plants Likely Due To Chemicals 2010
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There are other unknowns: Almost no research has been done on whether the dispersants will undermine the water repellency of birds, which is essential for regulating their body temperature.
Deep-sea chemical dispersants weighed for cleanup of Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010
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There are other unknowns: Almost no research has been done on whether the dispersants will undermine the water repellency of birds, which is essential for regulating their body temperature.
Deep-sea chemical dispersants weighed for cleanup of Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010
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There are other unknowns: Almost no research has been done on whether the dispersants will undermine the water repellency of birds, which is essential for regulating their body temperature.
Chemical dispersants an unknown quantity in addressing oil spill 2010
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Significant Repellency The group's latest paper, published in March in the Journal of Medical Entomology, identified two compounds with "significant repellency."
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The continued efficacy of DDT in Africa, India, Brazil, and Mexico, where 69% of all reported cases of malaria occur and where vectors are physiologically resistant to DDT excluding Brazil, serves as one indicator that repellency is very important in preventing indoor transmission of malaria.
Resistance versus Avoidance, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Researchers in the USA are trying to determine what is causing the repellency.
The honeybee crisis: paradoxical findings deepen the CCD mystery Thatsnews 2008
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Researchers in the USA are trying to determine what is causing the repellency.
Archive 2008-10-01 Thatsnews 2008
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