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Nutation

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

(n.) The act of nodding.

(2):

(n.) Circumnutation.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nutation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/nutation.html. 1828.
 
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