sturt

From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.

sturt (plural sturts)

1. (biology) 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.

• centimorgan
• morgan (named for Sturtevant's teacher)

Compare start.

sturt (plural sturts)

1. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialectal) disturbance; annoyance; care

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2. (mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.

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

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

• strut, trust