repton

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/ˈɹɛp.tən/

noun

A single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation

OriginOld English Hreopadūn →
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Meanings

repton1

nounrepton (plural reptons)

plural reptons

  1. natural sciencesA single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation

Repton2

proper nounRepton (countable and uncountable, plural Reptons)

plural Reptons

  1. A placename:
    1. countableuncountableA village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3026).

      A sense of timelessness prevails in the little Derbyshire village of Repton, which was once the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Mercia.

      1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 332, photo caption
    2. countableuncountableA town in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. countableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

repton · noun

From reptation + -on.

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Repton · proper noun

  1. Old EnglishHreopadūn
  2. EnglishRepton

From Old English Hreopadūn.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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