e/Pasilalinic-sympathetic compass

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has gloss	eng: The pasilalinic-sympathetic compass, also referred to as the snail telegraph, was a contraption built to prove the belief that snails create a permanent telepathic link when they touch. The belief was developed by French occultist Jacques Toussaint Benoit and colleague Monsieur Biat-Chretien in the early to mid 19th century. The telepathic bond was theorised to have no physical limit, with communication being possible over any distance. By touching one half of the snail partnership the other will sense the contact and will itself move. Benoit built apparatus to test his theories but it quickly became apparent that what he expected to be a communication revolution was just a costly failure.
lexicalization	eng: pasilalinic-sympathetic compass
instance of	(noun) snails and slugs and their relatives class Gasteropoda, Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gastropoda

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Der Pasilalinisch-sympathetische Kompass (fr. boussole pasilalinique sympathique, von gr. πᾶν („all-“, „gesamt“); λαλιά („Gespräch“) und „sympathisch/sympathetisch“, d.h. „gemeinsam empfindend“, „in fühlender Resonanz stehend“) war ein Gerät aus dem Jahr 1850, das auf der irrigen Vorstellung beruhte, zwei Schnecken würden anlässlich ihrer Paarung eine dauernde, räumlich unbegrenzte telepathische Verbindung eingehen: Was die eine empfinde, gebe sie an die andere weiter.
lexicalization	deu: Pasilalinisch-sympathetischer Kompass

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