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Webster 1913 Edition


Brownian

Brown′i-an

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Dr.
Robert
Brown
, who first demonstrated (about 1827) the commonness of the motion described below.
Brownian motion
,
Brownian movement
,
the peculiar, rapid, vibratory movement exhibited by the microscopic particles of substances when suspended in water or other fluids.