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Nutation

Nutation Meaning & Definition
Nutation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nutation?

[n] uncontrolled nodding

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See Also | nod

Nutation In Webster's Dictionary

\Nu*ta"tion\, n. [L. nutatio a nodding, fr. nutare to nod: cf. F. nutation.] 1. The act of nodding. So from the midmost the nutation spreads, Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. --Pope. 2. (Astron.) A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount. 3. (Bot.) (a) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening. (b) Circumnutation.

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