See libration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSONL data for libration meaning in English (8.8kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "libration point"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "lībrātiō",
"4": "",
"5": "a hurling, swinging"
},
"expansion": "Latin lībrātiō (“a hurling, swinging”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin lībrātiō (“a hurling, swinging”), from lībrō (“poise, cause to swing”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "librations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "libration (countable and uncountable, plural librations)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "librate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nutation"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 35 3 17 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The act of librating."
],
"id": "en-libration-en-noun-2I9feCB6",
"links": [
[
"librating",
"librate"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "librasie"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čočum",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "ճոճում"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ererum",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "երերում"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tatanum",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "տատանում"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "huojunta"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of libration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ausschwingen"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of libration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pendeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačanije",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "качание"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Astronomy",
"orig": "en:Astronomy",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"Space",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "15 47 2 20 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 45 5 18 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 37 3 18 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 35 3 17 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 35 3 22 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 41 4 21 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 37 3 18 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 43 2 22 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 37 3 18 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 43 2 22 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface."
],
"id": "en-libration-en-noun-V46ke2wC",
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"apparent",
"apparent"
],
[
"wobble",
"wobble"
],
[
"variation",
"variation"
],
[
"visible",
"visible"
],
[
"Moon",
"Moon"
],
[
"permanently",
"permanently"
],
[
"Earth",
"Earth"
],
[
"observer",
"observer"
],
[
"slightly",
"slightly"
],
[
"half",
"half"
],
[
"lunar",
"lunar"
],
[
"surface",
"surface"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "libracʻia",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "լիբրացիա"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čočkʻ",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "ճոճք"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "huojunta"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "libraatio"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Libration"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tunglvik"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"alt": "ひょうどう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōdō",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "秤動"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chingdong",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "칭동"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 79 9 3 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "librácija",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "либра́ция"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body."
],
"id": "en-libration-en-noun-Y8NzN9rw",
"links": [
[
"rotational",
"rotational"
],
[
"orbital",
"orbital"
],
[
"celestial",
"celestial"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 30 52 2 16",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "libracʻia",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "լիբրացիա"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 30 52 2 16",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čočkʻ",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "ճոճք"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 30 52 2 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "huojunta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 30 52 2 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "libraatio"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 30 52 2 16",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chingdong",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "칭동"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 30 52 2 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "librácija",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "либра́ция"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 35 3 17 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point."
],
"id": "en-libration-en-noun-q72FR5O3",
"links": [
[
"dynamics",
"dynamics"
],
[
"oscillation",
"oscillation"
],
[
"angle",
"angle"
],
[
"stable equilibrium",
"stable equilibrium"
]
],
"qualifier": "dynamics",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dynamics) The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Chemistry",
"orig": "en:Chemistry",
"parents": [
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "12 35 3 17 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion."
],
"id": "en-libration-en-noun-~MNrhAOM",
"links": [
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry) A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-libration.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/En-us-libration.ogg/En-us-libration.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/En-us-libration.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"libration"
],
"word": "libration"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English undefined derivations",
"Rhymes:English/eɪʃən",
"Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/3 syllables",
"Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Icelandic translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Russian translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "libration point"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "lībrātiō",
"4": "",
"5": "a hurling, swinging"
},
"expansion": "Latin lībrātiō (“a hurling, swinging”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin lībrātiō (“a hurling, swinging”), from lībrō (“poise, cause to swing”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "librations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "libration (countable and uncountable, plural librations)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "librate"
},
{
"word": "nutation"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The act of librating."
],
"links": [
[
"librating",
"librate"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Astronomy"
],
"glosses": [
"The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface."
],
"links": [
[
"astronomy",
"astronomy"
],
[
"apparent",
"apparent"
],
[
"wobble",
"wobble"
],
[
"variation",
"variation"
],
[
"visible",
"visible"
],
[
"Moon",
"Moon"
],
[
"permanently",
"permanently"
],
[
"Earth",
"Earth"
],
[
"observer",
"observer"
],
[
"slightly",
"slightly"
],
[
"half",
"half"
],
[
"lunar",
"lunar"
],
[
"surface",
"surface"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"astronomy",
"natural-sciences"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body."
],
"links": [
[
"rotational",
"rotational"
],
[
"orbital",
"orbital"
],
[
"celestial",
"celestial"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point."
],
"links": [
[
"dynamics",
"dynamics"
],
[
"oscillation",
"oscillation"
],
[
"angle",
"angle"
],
[
"stable equilibrium",
"stable equilibrium"
]
],
"qualifier": "dynamics",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dynamics) The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Chemistry"
],
"glosses": [
"A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion."
],
"links": [
[
"chemistry",
"chemistry"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chemistry) A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"chemistry",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/laɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-libration.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1c/En-us-libration.ogg/En-us-libration.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/En-us-libration.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "librasie"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čočum",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "ճոճում"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ererum",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "երերում"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tatanum",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "տատանում"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "huojunta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of libration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ausschwingen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "act of libration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pendeln"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kačanije",
"sense": "act of libration",
"word": "качание"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "libracʻia",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "լիբրացիա"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čočkʻ",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "ճոճք"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "huojunta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "libraatio"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Libration"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tunglvik"
},
{
"alt": "ひょうどう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyōdō",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "秤動"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chingdong",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "칭동"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "librácija",
"sense": "astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon",
"word": "либра́ция"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "libracʻia",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "լիբրացիա"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "čočkʻ",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "ճոճք"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "huojunta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "libraatio"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chingdong",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "칭동"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "librácija",
"sense": "astronomy: similar characteristic of another celesial object",
"word": "либра́ция"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"libration"
],
"word": "libration"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-07-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (e79c026 and b863ecc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.