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actio in distans
‖ actio in distans (ˌæktɪəʊ ɪn ˈdɪstænz) Also actio ad distans. [L., = ‘action upon a thing standing apart’.] The exertion of force by one body upon another separated from it by space, as in some theories of gravitation; action at a distance. Also fig.1846 W. Hamilton in Reid's Wks. 852/1 Repulsion.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Joseph Bayma
acting in the inverse square of the distance, thus acting upon one another, but of course not touching, for Bayma abhorred continuous matter and upheld actio in distans. wikipedia.org
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monad
monad (ˈmɒnæd) Also 7 monade. [a. L. monad-, monas unit, ad. Gr. µονάς unit, f. µόνος alone. Cf. F. monade, Sp., Pg. monada, It. monade.] 1. a. The number one, unity; an arithmetical unit. Now only Hist. with reference to the Pythagorean or other Greek philosophies, in which numbers were regarded as... Oxford English Dictionary
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in
▪ I. in, prep. (ɪn) Forms: α. 1– in; also 3 Orm. inn, 5 yn(e, ynne. β. 2–6 i, i-, 3–4 y, 6– i'. [Common Teut. = OFris., OS., OHG., Goth. in, ON. {iacu} (Sw., Da. i), cognate with L. in, Gr. ἐν. In OE., in all those texts in which the word occurs, the full form in is used, but in early ME. the apocop... Oxford English Dictionary
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