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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