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reptation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rep-ta-tion
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A creeping movement.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Usage

Inflected Forms

reptations (plural)

Derived Forms

repton

Frequently Paired Words

surreptitious

Questions

What does reptation mean?
A creeping movement.
Where does reptation come 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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