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Showing words for NUTATION using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Nutation

nutation

7 Letter Words for Nutation

untaint

6 Letter Words for Nutation

anoint, nation, nutant, otiant, titano, tonant

5 Letter Words for Nutation

anion, annot, naunt, nintu, ninut, niota, niton, nitta, noint, notan, outta, taino, taint, tanti, tanto, tatin, tatou, taunt, tauon, tinta, titan, tuant, tuina, tunna, tutin, uniat, union, untin

4 Letter Words for Nutation

aint, ainu, aion, aitu, anni, anno, anon, anti, antu, attn, aunt, auto, inta, into, iota, nain, naio, nant, naoi, nato, natu, naut, nina, nito, nona, nota, nott, noun, nout, oint, outa, tain, tait, tatu, taun, taut, tiao, tint, toat, toit, tonn, toun, tout, tuan, tuna, tuno, unai, unio, unit, unta, unto, utai

3 Letter Words for Nutation

ain, ait, ann, ant, anu, att, iao, inn, int, ion, iou, ita, nat, nit, noa, non, not, nun, nut, oat, ona, oni, ont, oui, out, tai, tan, tao, tat, tau, tin, tit, tiu, tnt, toa, toi, ton, tot, tou, tua, tui, tun, tut, uit, una, uni, unn, uta, uti

Definitions for Nutation

[1] an act or instance of nodding one's head, especially involuntarily or spasmodically.
[2] Botany . spontaneous movements of plant parts during growth.
[3] Astronomy . the periodic oscillation observed in the precession of the earth's axis and the precession of the equinoxes.
[4] Mechanics . the variation of the inclination of the axis of a gyroscope to the vertical.
[5] astronomy a periodic variation in the precession of the earth's axis causing the earth's poles to oscillate about their mean position
[6] physics a periodic variation in the uniform precession of the axis of any spinning body, such as a gyroscope, about the horizontal
[7] Also called: circumnutation the spiral growth of a shoot, tendril, or similar plant organ, caused by variation in the growth rate in different parts
[8] the act or an instance of nodding the head

Words nearby Nutation

nut quad, nut sedge, nut weevil, nutant, nutate, nutation, nutbrown, nutcase, nutcracker, nutcracker suite, nutgall

Origin of Nutation

1605–15; < Latin nūtātiōn- (stem of nūtātiō ), equivalent to nūtāt(us ) (past participle of nūtāre to nod repeatedly; nū- nod + -tā- frequentative suffix + -tus past participle ending) + -iōn- -ion; cf. numen

Other words from Nutation

nu·ta·tion·al , adjective

Word origin for Nutation

C17: from Latin nutātiō, from nūtāre to nod