Repton

//ˈɹɛp.tən// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A single entangled monomer in a system undergoing reptation
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename:; A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3026). countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    A placename:; A town in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename:; A locality in the Bellingen council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable

Example

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From reptation + -on.

Etymology 2

From Old English Hreopadūn.

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