pedesis

What does pedesis mean?

pedesis means "the random motion of small particles suspended in a gas or liquid".

How many syllables are in pedesis?

pedesis has 3 syllables: pe-de-sis. The stress falls on "pe".

What is another word for pedesis?

Close synonyms include Brownian movement, Brownian motion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pedesis a common word?

pedesis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pedesis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.