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reptation

reptation noun: a creeping movement.

Noun

reptation (countable and uncountable, plural reptations)

  1. A creeping movement.
  2. A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers
  3. 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.

Forms of reptation

pluralreptations

Origin of reptation

Learned borrowing from Latin rēptātiō.

Words formed from reptation

Questions about reptation

What does reptation mean?
Reptation means a creeping movement.
What part of speech is reptation?
Reptation is a noun.
What is the plural of reptation?
The plural of reptation is reptations.

Words near reptation in the dictionary

  1. reptantians
  2. reptarenavirus
  3. reptarenaviruses
  4. reptarium
  5. reptating
  6. reptation
  7. reptations
  8. reptatorial
  9. reptatory
  10. reptd.
  11. reptend

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