reptation
English
Noun
reptation
(
countable and uncountable
,
plural
reptations
)
A
creeping
movement.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
(
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.
Related terms
surreptitious
Anagrams
Potterian
,
patronite
,
tritanope
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