斥せき力りょく

noun

repulsion; repulsive force

Physics term for the force that pushes objects apart, opposite of 引力 (attraction).

• 同おなじ極きょくの磁じ石しゃくの間あいだには斥せき力りょくが働はたらく。

  A repulsive force acts between like poles of magnets.

• 原げん子し核かくの陽よう子し同どう士しには電でん気き的てきな斥せき力りょくが生しょうじる。

  An electric repulsion arises between protons in an atomic nucleus.