Uninfluence
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The lack or absence of influence. uncountable
"This result justifies the negative result of the well-known Lodge's experiment to detect ether drag by rapidly rotating a heavy iron spheroid, and also predicts the uninfluence of the rotation of the earth, the sun and the Jupiter on the velocity of the ray of light passing by their edges."
- 1 To exert no influence (on). transitive
"How a minute dose should thus affect a paralyzed nerve, while it uninfluences it in its ordinary state, is a phenomenon we cannot explain."
- 2 To remove or undo the influence of. transitive
"Indeed, this is one of the best ways to uninfluence people and lose friends."
Example
More examples"This result justifies the negative result of the well-known Lodge's experiment to detect ether drag by rapidly rotating a heavy iron spheroid, and also predicts the uninfluence of the rotation of the earth, the sun and the Jupiter on the velocity of the ray of light passing by their edges."
Etymology
From un- + influence.
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