epipolism

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιπολή (epipolḗ, “surface”) (from τέλλω (téllō, “rise”)) +‎ -ism.

Noun

epipolism (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) fluorescence
   • 1857, Chemical Gazette:

     You then examined it for epipolism or fluorescence , and you pronounced the opinion that it possessed this property only in a minor degree

Related terms

• epipolic

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “epipolism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)