sturt
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the name of Alfred Henry Sturtevant.
Noun edit
sturt (plural sturts)
- (biology) 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.
See also edit
- centimorgan
- morgan (named for Sturtevant's teacher)
Etymology 2 edit
Compare start.
Noun edit
sturt (plural sturts)
- (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) disturbance; annoyance; care
- 1837, John Rolland, The Seven Sages: In Scotish Metre:
- Lift up your hart and be of gude curage,
Sturt in na way your leiknes can asswage
- (mining) A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits.[1]
Verb edit
sturt (third-person singular simple present sturts, present participle sturting, simple past and past participle sturted)
- (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, transitive) To vex; to annoy; to startle.
- (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, intransitive) To start with fear.
References edit
- ^ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Sturt”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.