Topic: PHYSICS
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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | repellere, from pellere 'to drive' |
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re‧pel
past tense and past participle repelled, present participle repelling
past tense and past participle repelled, present participle repelling1 [transitive] if something repels you, it is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it, or it makes you feel ill [↪ repulsive]: The smell repelled him.
The smell repelled him.2 [transitive]PM to make someone who is attacking you go away, by fighting them : The army was ready to repel an attack.
The army was ready to repel an attack.3 [transitive] to keep something or someone away from you : a lotion that repels mosquitoes
a lotion that repels mosquitoes4 [intransitive and transitive] technicalTEEHP if two things repel each other, they push each other away with an electrical force [≠ attract]: Two positive charges repel each other.
Two positive charges repel each other.