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PEDESIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pedesis mean?
• PEDESIS (noun)
The noun PEDESIS has 1 sense:
1. the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
Familiarity information: PEDESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
Brownian motion; Brownian movement; pedesis
Hypernyms ("pedesis" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
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