About The Word Nutation
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Nutation
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What's The Definition Of Nutation?
[n] uncontrolled nodding
Synonyms | Synonyms for Nutation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Nutation: 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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