Pedesis

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pedesis \Pe*de"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. ph`dhsis a leaping.]
     Same as {Brownian movement}, under {Brownian}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pedesis
       n : the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or
           liquid [syn: {Brownian movement}, {Brownian motion}]