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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 liquidplay

  Familiarity information: PEDESIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEDESIS (noun)


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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