Definition of Reptation. Meaning of Reptation. Synonyms of Reptation

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Definition of Reptation

Reptation
Reptation Rep*ta"tion (r?p-t?"sh?n), n. [L. reptatio, from reptare: cf. F. reptation.] (Zo["o]l.) The act of creeping.

Meaning of Reptation from wikipedia

- polymer melts or concentrated polymer solutions is reptation. Derived from the word reptile, reptation suggests the movement of entangled polymer chains...
- a reptation model (or its variants) is most commonly used. This model ****umes that the DNA can crawl in a "snake-like" fashion (hence "reptation") through...
- the concept of reptation into polymer physics in 1971 to explain the dependence of the mobility of a macromolecule on its length. Reptation is used as a...
- Reptation Monte Carlo is a quantum Monte Carlo method. It is similar to Diffusion Monte Carlo, except that it works with paths rather than points. This...
- reptation in which each chain molecule is constrained by entanglements with neighboring chains to move within a virtual tube. The theory of reptation...
- — Debye–Hückel theory — Thermodynamic theory of polymer elasticity — Reptation theory — Polymer field theory — Møller–Plesset perturbation theory — density...
- a reptation model (or its variants) is most commonly used. This model ****umes that the DNA can crawl in a "snake-like" fashion (hence "reptation") through...
- entanglement Entanglement (graph measure) Entanglement of polymer chains, see Reptation Wire entanglement in fishery: method by which fish are caught in fishing...
- downstream, staying in contact with the surface. This is called creep or reptation. Here the forces exerted by the fluid on the particle are only enough...
- Franciscan who became Minister General of his order, then cardinal, he had a reptation for unworldliness until he was elected pope in 1471. As Sixtus IV he was...