■ noun a hypothetical power once thought to pervade nature and account for various scientific phenomena.
Origin
C19: arbitrary term coined in Ger. by the German scientist Baron von Reichenbach.
■ noun a hypothetical power once thought to pervade nature and account for various scientific phenomena.
Origin
C19: arbitrary term coined in Ger. by the German scientist Baron von Reichenbach.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004