"reptation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reptations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reptation (countable and uncountable, plural reptations)
  1. A creeping movement. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 43 23 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

Inflected forms

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