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An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- calle…

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  1. n. An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force.
  2. n. a doctor's degree in optometry
  3. n. the right eye
  4. An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force. [Archaic] That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female finger tips, burnt blue. Mrs. Browning.
  5. An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach andothers, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed byvarious agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vitalaction, etc.; -- called also odyle or the odylic force. [Archaic]That od force of German Reichenbach Which still, from female fingertips, burnt blue. Mrs. Browning.
  6. n a doctor's degree in optometry n the right eye