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reotrope

reotrope is the alternative form of rheotrope.

Meaning of rheotrope

Noun

rheotrope (plural rheotropes)

  1. (dated) An instrument for reversing the direction of an electric current; synonym of commutator.

Forms of reotrope

pluralreotropes

Questions about reotrope

What is reotrope the alternative form of?
Reotrope is the alternative form of rheotrope.

Words near reotrope in the dictionary

  1. reossifies
  2. reossify
  3. reossifying
  4. reostat
  5. reostats
  6. reotrope
  7. reotropes
  8. reoutfit
  9. reoutfits
  10. reoutfitted
  11. reoutfitting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reotrope (page history and authors); rheotrope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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