nutation

Meaning of nutation

noun
  1. A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
  2. A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
  3. Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
  4. The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.

Information about nutation

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of nutation is: nutations.
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Hyphenation of nutation

nu-ta-tion

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • nutation is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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