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actinobolism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Radiation; emission or projection.

Word forms

actinobolism

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin actinobolismus, from Koine Greek ἀκτινοβόλος (aktinobólos, “emission of rays”) + -ismus. Ἀκτινοβόλος is from ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) + βόλος (bólos, “a throw”). First attested in the 1650s.

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