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sturts

sturts is the plural of sturt.

Meaning of sturt

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.

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Questions about sturts

What is sturts the plural of?
Sturts is the plural of sturt.

Words near sturts in the dictionary

  1. Sturtian
  2. sturting
  3. sturtite
  4. Sturton by Stow
  5. Sturton le Steeple
  6. sturts
  7. Sturtz
  8. Sturtzes
  9. sturzstrom
  10. sturzstroms
  11. sturzströme

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