Definition of Epipolic

1. a. Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence.

Definition of Epipolic

1. Adjective. Producing or relating to epipolism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Epipolic

1. fluorescent [adj]

Medical Definition of Epipolic

1. Producing, or relating to, epipolism or fluorescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Epipolic

epiploic appendage
epiploic appendix
epiploic branches
epiploic foramen
epiploic tags
epiploon
epiploons
epiplopexy
epipodia
epipodial
epipodiale
epipodialia
epipodite
epipodites
epipodium
epipolic (current term)
epipolism
epipolized
epipteric
epipteric bone
epipterics
epipterygoid
epipterygoids
epipygus
epiregulin

Literary usage of Epipolic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Light: First Course, on the Nature of Light, Delivered at Aberdeen in by George Gabriel Stokes (1885)
"... incident on bodies—Phosphorescence—epipolic dispersion of Light—Fluorescence—Its use as a means of discrimination — Phosphorescence produced by electric ..."

2. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"epipolic dispersion, 620. Dark bands in spectrum, 621. Refractive indices of, 623. Luminous properties of spectrum, 624. Calorific properties of, 625. ..."

3. The Poetry of Science: Or, Studies of the Physical Phenomena of Nature by Robert Hunt (1854)
"These effects being supposed to be due to the conditions of the surface, have been called epipolic phenomena.* The careful investigation of these phenomena ..."

4. Memoir and Scientific Correspondence of the Late Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart by Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1907)
"On the epipolic Dispersion of Light; being a Supplement to a paper entitled ' On a case of Superficial Colour presented by a Homogeneous Liquid internally ..."

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