"reptation" meaning in English

See reptation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-reptation.wav Forms: reptations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reptation (countable and uncountable, plural reptations)
  1. A creeping movement. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-reptation-en-noun-~CDLdOyv
  2. (physics) A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-reptation-en-noun-fq2KN9bU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 44 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 17 54 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 58 30 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  3. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-reptation-en-noun-Ok8eOBHs Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: surreptitious

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