Odyle

2 definitions found

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

  Od \Od\, n. [G., fr. Gr. ? passage.] (Physics)
     An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach
     and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be
     developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light,
     chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also {odyle} or the
     {odylic force}. [Archaic]


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           That od force of German Reichenbach
           Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue.
                                                    --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Odyl \Od"yl\, Odyle \Od"yle\, n. [Gr. ?, passage + ? matter or
     material.] (Physics)
     See {Od}. [Archaic].
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