nutation
About 0.10 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
- noun A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
- noun Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
- noun The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.
Similar words
nod counternutation nodosity noule nanotorus nodality nodularity normokinesia gyration nematodynamics
Often followed by
of and in angle is frequency damper constant angles
Word family
nutational nutations
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