NUTATIONS

Noun

nutations

plural of nutation

Source: Wiktionary


NUTATION

Nu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. nutatio a nodding, fr. nutare to nod: cf. F. nutation.]

1. The act of nodding. So from the midmost the nutation spreads, Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. Pope.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which its inclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by a small amount.

3. (Bot.) (a) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening. (b) Circumnutation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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