reptation
reptation · reptations
A creeping movementA creeping movement.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A creeping movement.
(countable, uncountable)A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers
(countable, uncountable)The motion of one plane figure around another, so that the longest diameter of one shall come into line with the shortest of the other.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin rēptātiō.Learned borrowing from Latin rēptātiō.
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Forms
plural: reptations| Singular | reptation |
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Word family
2 related wordsRelatedsurreptitiousC2
Derivedrepton
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable