noun
Meaning 1
A creeping movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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reptation
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noun
Meaning 2
A creeping thermal motion of entangled linear polymers
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1reh1p-der. Proto-Italic *rēpō Latin rēpō 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.