nutation
nutation · nutations
нутация, кивание
Nutation
A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid bodyA bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
Nutation
нута́цияnutácija
(countable, uncountable)A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
кива́ниеkivánije
uncontrolled nodding
(countable, uncountable)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
(countable, uncountable)The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
physics term:
head nodding:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
physics term:
Origin
1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation.1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation.
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Forms
plural: nutationsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable