REPTATION

Noun

reptation (countable and uncountable, plural reptations)

A creeping movement.

(physics) A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers

(geometry) 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.

Anagrams

• Potterian, patronite, tritanope

Source: Wiktionary


Rep*ta"tion (rp-t"shn), n. Etym: [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: The act of creeping.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PUNGENCY

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