nutation
Meaning of nutation
noun
- A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
- A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
- Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
- The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.
Information about nutation
- It is a name.
- The plural form of nutation is: nutations.
- Languages in which nutation is used:
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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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