#289. [Motion from, actively; force driving apart.] Repulsion. -- N. repulsion; driving from &c. v.; repulse, abduction.
magnetic repulsion, magnetic levitation; antigravity.
V. repel, push from, drive apart, drive from &c. 276; chase, dispel; retrude[obs3]; abduce[obs3], abduct; send away; repulse.
keep at arm's length, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder; send off, send away with a flea in one's ear.
Adj. repelling &c. v.; repellent, repulsive; abducent[obs3], abductive[obs3].
centripetal
Phr. like charges repel; opposite charges attract; like poles repel, opposite poles attract.