sturt

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/stɜː(ɹ)t/

noun

In an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

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Meanings

sturt1

nounsturt (plural sturts)

plural sturts

  1. biologyIn an embryo, an angle equal to two gons. If a mosaic forms in the embryo, the line passes between two organs with a probability, in percent, equal to the number of sturts between them.

sturt2

nounsturt (plural sturts)

plural sturts

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalobsoletedisturbance; annoyance; care

    Lift up your hart and be of gude curage, Sturt in na way your leiknes can asswage

    1837, John Rolland, The Seven Sages: In Scotish Metre
  2. businessA bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.
verbsturt (third-person singular simple present sturts, present participle sturting, simple past and past participle sturted)

present singular third person sturts · participle present sturting · participle past sturted · past sturted

  1. ScotlandUKdialectalobsoletetransitiveTo vex; to annoy; to startle.
  2. ScotlandUKdialectalintransitiveobsoleteTo start with fear.

Sturt3

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Origin

sturt · noun

From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.

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sturt · noun, verb

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sturt

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

sturt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sturt

MLA

“sturt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sturt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sturt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sturt.

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