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PRONUNCIATION OF REPTATION

reptation  [repˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPTATION

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Reptation is a noun.
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WHAT DOES REPTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reptation

Reptation is the thermal motion of very long linear, entangled macromolecules in polymer melts or concentrated polymer solutions. Derived from the word reptile, reptation suggests the movement of entangled polymer chains as being analogous to snakes slithering through one another. "The forward and backward diffusion is reminiscent of the motion of a snake and for this reason the motion was given the name reptation by de Gennes, after the Latin word reptare, which means to creep." Hunt, Thomas A., Theory and Simulation of Polymer Liquids Under Extensional and Shear Flows, Diss, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia 2008, Swinburne Search Engine 2013. You can find confirmation of the Latin translation of the word reptare here, http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reptar. Repton is a mobile point residing in the cells of a lattice, connected by bonds. Entanglement means the topological restriction of molecular motion by other chains. The concept of reptation was introduced into polymer physics in 1971 by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes to explain the dependence of the mobility of a macromolecule on its length.

Definition of reptation in the English dictionary

The definition of reptation in the dictionary is a creeping motion, the act of crawling.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REPTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REPTATION

reprography
reproof
reprovable
reproval
reprove
reprover
reproving
reprovingly
reprovision
rept
reptant
reptile
reptile house
reptilian
reptilianly
reptiliferous
reptiliform
reptilious
reptilium
reptiloid

WORDS THAT END LIKE REPTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of reptation in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «reptation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REPTATION

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The translations of reptation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reptation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爬行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reptation
570 millions of speakers

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reptation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reptation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

reptation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рептаций
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reptation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

reptation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

reptation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Reptasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reptation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

レプ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

reptation
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reptasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

reptation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

reptation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेषभूषा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

reptation
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

reptation
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reptation
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рептацій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reptation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

reptation
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reptation
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

reptation
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

reptation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reptation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REPTATION»

The term «reptation» is normally little used and occupies the 129.615 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REPTATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reptation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPTATION»

Discover the use of reptation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reptation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sedimentation and Sediment Transport
However, we should keep in mind that saltating grains are the driving force of the reptation flux, and that for other aeolian bedforms, such as dunes, this approximation is not valid. The reptation flux at a given point x and time t , Qr,\s obtained ...
A. Gyr, Wolfgang Kinzelbach, 2003
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Polymer Rheology '99: A Two-day Conference : Held at Rapra ...
Of course the consideration of entangled star polymers forces us to consider these modes because the reptation mode is absent. In fact, at the level we treated reptation, there is no stress relaxation in star polymers at all ! This suggests that a  ...
‎1999
3
Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems
Difference in Spirit of the Explanations by the CM and the Reptation–Constraint Release–Nematic Interaction It is instructive to point out the difference in spirit of the explanation of the global chain dynamics of entangled blends [1661, 1662] by  ...
K.L. Ngai, 2011
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High Resolution Separation and Analysis of Biological ...
The near-equilibrium reptation regime gives a slope of — 1, while the oriented reptation and Ogston regimes both lead to curved lines with local slopes >-l (see Fig. 1). Reptation Regimes The reptation model suggests fitting the experimental  ...
Barry L. Karger, William S. Hancock, 1996
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Advances in Chemical Physics
Clearly, the reptation model serves as an excellent template upon which to build a quantitative description of polymer melt dynamics. However, to a skeptic, the grafting of additional processes onto strict reptation often has an ad hoc flavor.
I. Prigogine, Stuart A. Rice, 2009
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Dynamics of Soft Matter: Neutron Applications
Reptation can be divided into three regimes according to characteristic times of the motion: 1. Rouse regime: a short time region where chains do not feel the restriction due to a tube with a diameter d. This regime is limited by a time τe at which ...
VICTORIA GARCIA SAKAI, Christiane Alba-Simionesco, Sow Hsin Chen, 2011
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Geomorphology of Desert Dunes
This suggests that the high impact energy grains do not contribute directly to ripple formation, as Bagnold hypothesized, but drive the reptation process. Using a simplified model of aeolian saltation, Anderson was able to show that a flat bed is ...
Nicholas Lancaster, 2013
8
Rheology for Polymer Melt Processing
constrained by their neighbours, and the reptation picture no longer holds. A Rouse-like dynamics should be recovered, with a self diffusion coefficient proportional to l/N. When reptation is used to develop a description of the linear ...
J.-M. Piau, J.-F. Agassant, 1996
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Polymer Physics
C chain (b) Figure 6.15 (a) Schematic description of the reptation process considering a single chain (C chain) surrounded by numerous obstacles (O,). The C chain cannot move much laterally due to the obstacles, (b) Fundamental reptation ...
Ulf Gedde, 1995
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An Introduction to the Mechanical Properties of Solid Polymers
After a longer characteristic time ôd (Figure 6.19(d)) the primitive chain leaves the deformed tube by reptation. Hence ôd is called the disengagement or reptation time and is the terminal relaxation time. If N is the number of segments in the ...
I. M. Ward, J. Sweeney, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reptation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What is Analytical Rheology?
The mixing rule known as the “double reptation” model is a relatively simple mathematical approximation to a more rigorous and complex molecular theory of ... «Azom.com, Jul 15»
2
La biodiversité des poissons passe désormais par Coulon
Au fond du chenal, des plaques permettent la reptation des anguilles. De la belle ouvrage, facturée 394.000 € par la société Bonnet, de Coulonges-sur-l'Autize, ... «la Nouvelle République, Jun 15»
3
Le RPI saute, lance, court..
... de lancers et de courses avec une innovation cette année dans la course d'obstacles (voir photo) : des haies d'athlétisme franchies en reptation, ce qui serait ... «ladepeche.fr, Jun 15»
4
The importance of picking a proppant
The three mechanisms of proppant transport in thin fluids (suspension, saltation and reptation) are all enhanced by using proppants with a high strength/weight ... «Energy Global, Jun 15»
5
The birth of soft matter physics, the physics of the everyday
De Gennes and Sir Sam had worked out the ideas underpinning this motion, known as 'reptation' because of the similarity between such sliding motion of the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
6
La route Grenoble - Briançon fermée jusqu'au 10 Juillet
En rouge gonflement du à la reptation du terrain. Photo de temoins mis en place. Pour chaque temoins : en rouge vitesse verticale (la chute) en orange vitesse ... «kairn.com, May 15»
7
Réflexologie : 6 techniques à appliquer soi-même
Reptation, pression-rotation, glissé profond, friction,… les gestes de base sont variés et doivent être précis. Si Elske Miles nous livre quelques voies d'autosoins, ... «lavenir.net, Mar 15»
8
Ce robot est agile comme un serpent
Les serpents, avec leur mode de déplacement par reptation, inspirent les concepteurs d'engins robotisés. Il y a quelques années une équipe de l'université ... «Sciences et Avenir, Oct 14»
9
Feature: The Porsche museum
The design of Porsche's archetypical 911 has changed little over the course of decases, yet Porsche's Design arm has a reptation for neat, minimalst and ... «Drive, Sep 14»
10
Feilding High's Hirini sticks with Manawatu
While Manawatu might not be the biggest union, they do have a reptation for fast-tracking local players to play for the Turbos. The academy finds it difficult ... «Manawatu Standard, Sep 14»

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