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sturt

/stɜː(ɹ)t/

sturt noun: in an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

Noun (1)

sturt (plural sturts)

  1. In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

Noun (2)

sturt (plural sturts)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete) disturbance; annoyance; care
    • Lift up your hart and be of gude curage,
      Sturt in na way your leiknes can asswage1837, John Rolland, The Seven Sages: In Scotish Metre
  2. A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.

Verb

sturt (third-person singular simple present sturts, present participle sturting, simple past and past participle sturted)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To vex; to annoy; to startle.
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete) To start with fear.

Proper noun capitalized: Sturt

Sturt

  1. A surname.

Forms of sturt

Noun
pluralsturts
Verb
third-person singular presentsturts
present participlesturting
past participlesturted
paststurted

Origin of sturt

From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.

Compare start.

Words formed from sturt

Words that rhyme with sturt

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Questions about sturt

What does sturt mean?
Sturt means in an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.
What part of speech is sturt?
Sturt can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sturt?
Sturt is pronounced /stɜː(ɹ)t/.
What is the plural of sturt?
The plural of sturt is sturts.

Words near sturt in the dictionary

  1. sturring
  2. Sturrock
  3. Sturrocks
  4. Sturry
  5. sturs
  6. sturt
  7. Sturt's desert pea
  8. Sturt's desert rose
  9. sturted
  10. Sturtevant
  11. Sturtevants

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