reptation.
A creeping movement.
Meaning & usage
A creeping movement.
A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p-der. Proto-Italic *rēpō Latin rēpō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin rēptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin rēptātiōlbor. English reptation Learned borrowing from Latin rēptātiō.
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