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pedesis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pedesis has 1 sense
- pedesis(n = noun.phenomenon) brownian motion, brownian movement - the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid; Array is a kind of motion, movement
CIDE DICTIONARY
pedesis, n. [NL., from Gr. ph`dhsis a leaping.].
Same as Brownian movement , under Brownian. [1913 Webster]
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