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nutation

noun

Etymology

1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation.

  1. borrowed from nūtātiō

Definitions

  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…

    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. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for nutation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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