epipolism

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epipolism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Epipolism \E*pip"o*lism\, n. [Gr. ? a surface; 'epi` + pe`lein
     to be.] (Opt.)
     See Fluorescence. [R.] --Sir J. Herschel.
     [1913 Webster]