odyllic

Adjective

odylic (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the od or odyle (“a hypothetical force or natural power, now proved not to exist, which was supposed by Carl Reichenbach and others to inhere in certain people and produce phenomena such as animal magnetism and mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by chemical or vital action, heat, light, magnets, etc.”).
   • A bundle of bars or of horse-shoes, placed with like magnetic poles in contact, has its odylic poles reversed, so as to alternate with each other.1850, Karl, Baron von Reichenbach [i.e., Carl Reichenbach], “Eighth Treatise. Luminous Phenomena.”, in William Gregory, transl., Researches on Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light, Crystallization...

   Synonyms:

   odic