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Some have called it 'od'--an 'imponderable fluid'--as you know; you and others wish to call it 'electricity.'

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  1. An obsolete spelling of odd.
  2. A hypothetical force supposed by Reichenbach to have been discovered by him in connection with vital and magnetic phenomena. It was supposed to be exhibited by peculiarly sensitive persons (streaming from their finger-tips), and by crystals and other bodies. Various kinds of it were discriminated, as biod, chymod, elod, heliod, selenod, etc. This force has been supposed to explain the phenomena of mesmerism and animal magnetism; but it rests upon no scientific foundation. Also called odic force, odyl, odyle, and odylic force.
  3. A simplified spelling of odd.

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  • However, having helped the club to domestic and European glory last term, the 24-year-od is adamant that he sees his long-term future at Old Trafford. —  TEAMtalk Football News
  • I guess Moo ham-od was too busy with the baby girls to worry about details in directon. —  Latest Articles
  • "G" od is a christian trademark, whether you like it of not .. "deity (es)" is the real thing. —  بالاترین
  • Od me'at tifrotz ha'anachah - kabel zot kit'filah me'od ishit. —  Letters from Rungholt
  • • Decreased report writing; increased patrols: Ordway said the department is looking at the Elmira Police Department's reporting meth-od, which uses a clerk to transcribe deputies 'reports called in from the field. —  The Corning Leader Homepage RSS
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  1. An arbitrary name given by Baron von Reichenbach.
 

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