An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

Technique that utilizes electromagnetic waves to detect, measure, and obtain information about an object that is not in contact with the sensing apparatus.

→ remote; → sense.

Hesgari, noun from hesgar, → sensor; dur, → remote.

1) To begin or take up again.
2) To make effective for an additional period.
3) To restore or replenish (Dictionary.com).

→ re-; → new.

The act of renewing. The state of being renewed.

→ renew; → -al.

A mathematical process used in quantum physics that avoids infinite terms by carefully defining fundamental quantities such as mass and charge.

→ re-; → normalization.

1) To restore or renew by any process of making good, strengthening, etc.
2) An act, process, or work of repairing (Dictionary.com).

M.E. repairen, from O.Fr. reparer "repair, mend," from L. reparare "restore, put back in order," from → re- "again" + parare "make ready, prepare;" from PIE root *pere- "to produce."

Darpinidan, literally "patch up, mend," from (Dehxodâ) darpin "patch, bit, rag," variants darpi, darpé, piné "patch."

To do or say something again.

From O.Fr. repeter "say or do again, demand the return of," from L. repetere "do or say again, attack again," from → re- "again" + petere "go toward, seek, demand, attack"

Bâzgaršidan, infinitive of bâzgarš, → repetition.

A device that receives weak incoming signals, boosts the signal and then retransmits the signal.

Agent noun of → repeat.

The act of repeating; repeated action, performance, production, or presentation.

From L. repetitionem (nominative repetitio), from repetitus, p.p. of repetere "to do or say again."

Bâzgarš from bâz-, → re-, + garš "turn, time (indicating multiplication, as in three times, four times, etc.," aquivalent to Fr. fois), related to gez in hargez "ever, always; never," garz in hagarz "never." Garš has numerous variants in Pers. dialects, all denoting "turn, times" (بار، دفعه), e.g. [Mo'in]: gazak; Qâyeni: gaš; Hamadâni, Qomi: kaš; Lori: gey, gel; Semnâni, Sorxeyi, Lâsgardi, Sangesari: gazak; Gilaki: garaš; Tâleši: gara, vera, verxa; Tabari: gal, gel; Tâti Karingâni: kat; Kermâni: karet; related to Av. hakərət "once," from *ha(m)-kar-, the second element meaning "to do;" Pers; kardan; cf. Skt. sakrt "once, repeated; ever; never."

To make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking or used up. → replenishment.

M.E. replenisshen, from O.Fr. repleniss-, extended pr.p. stem of replenir "to fill up," from → re-, intensive prefix, + -plenir, from L. plenus "full," cognate with Pers. por "full," → full.

Bâz-âkandan, from bâz, → re-, âkandan "to fill, to stuff;" Mid.Pers. âgandan "to fill, stuff;" maybe related to Skt. ghana- "full of, densely filled with, complete;" Proto-Iranian *kan- "to fill."

The process by which a missing chemical element or compound is added to an astrophysical medium.

Verbal noun of → replenish.

An account describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, as an → observing report.

M.E. reporten, from M.Fr. reporter, from O.Fr. report, from reporter "to tell, relate," from L. reportare "carry back," from → re- "back" + portare "to carry."

Gozâreš "report; explanation," verbal noun of gozârdan"to explain;" Mid.Pers. wizardan "to explain;" O.Pers. abicriš- "servant," all from prefixed Proto-Iranian *car- "to move, walk, perform;" cf. Av. car- "to move, approach," carānī "moves," aipi-cara- "following," fra-cara- "preceding;" also Mod.Pers. caridan "to graze;" Skt. car- "to move, walk, go, wander, perform," cárati "moves, wanders;" Gk. pelomai "am in motion; go;" L. anculus "servant," colere "to till, inhabit."

1) The act or the action of representing; the state of being represented.
2) The expression by some term, character, symbol, or the like.

M.E. representacion, from L. repraesentation, from repraesentatus p.p. of repraesentare, from → re- + praesentare "to show, give, present for approval," from praesens, from praeesse "to be before others, to be present," from prae- "before," → pre- + esse "to be," cognate with Pers. ast "is," astan, hastan "to be."

Nemâyeš, nemâyandegi, from nemudan "to show, demonstrate, exhibit," → display

A reproduction in print of matter already printed.

→ re- + → print.

1) To produce again or anew.
2) To produce a copy, imitation, or representation of.
3) To generate (offspring) by sexual or asexual means (The FreeDictionary.com).

→ re-; → produce.

1) The act of reproducing or the condition or process of being reproduced.
2) Something reproduced, especially in the faithfulness of its resemblance to the form and elements of the original.
3) Biology: Any of various processes, either sexual or asexual, by which an animal or plant produces one or more individuals similar to itself (The FreeDictionary.com).

→ reproduce; → -tion.

To drive back; to repel.
→ repulsion, → repulsive force, → repulsive gravity.

M.E., from L. repulsus, p.p. of repellere, from → re- "back" + pellere "to drive, strike, push."

Vâzadan "to repulse," from vâ-→ re- + zadan "to strike, beat; to play an instrument; to do" (Mid.Pers. zatan, žatan; O.Pers./Av. jan-, gan- "to strike, hit, smite, kill" (jantar- "smiter"); cf. Skt. han- "to strike, beat" (hantar- "smiter, killer"); Gk. theinein "to strike;" L. fendere "to strike, push;" Gmc. *gundjo "war, battle;" PIE *g^when- "to strike, kill").

Physics: The force that acts between bodies of like electric charge or magnetic polarity, tending to separate them.

Verbal noun of → repulse.

Capable of causing → repulsion.
→ repulsive force, → repulsive gravity.

→ repulsive; → -ive.

The force by which bodies repel one another. → repulsion.

Repulsive, adj. of → repulse; → force.

In → general relativity, the gravity resulting from a → negative pressure. See also → cosmological constant.

→ repulsive; → gravity.