Associations to the word «Nutation»

Wiktionary

NUTATION, noun. (physics) a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body
NUTATION, noun. A nodding motion (of the head etc.)
NUTATION, noun. (astronomy) any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon
NUTATION, noun. (botany) the circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot

Dictionary definition

NUTATION, noun. Uncontrolled nodding.

Wise words

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