"nutation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nutations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: 1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“I nod”). Compare mutation. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*new- (nod)}}, {{bor|en|la|nūtātiō||nodding}} Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nutation (countable and uncountable, plural nutations)
  1. (physics) A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics term): Nutation [feminine] (German), κλόνηση (klónisi) [feminine] (Greek), nútaíocht [feminine] (Irish), nútú [masculine] (Irish), нутация (nutasiä) (Kazakh), nutação [feminine] (Portuguese), нута́ция (nutácija) [feminine] (Russian), nutación [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. A nodding motion (of the head etc.). Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (head nodding): кимане (kimane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), nutação [feminine] (Portuguese), кива́ние (kivánije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nutation-en-noun-oCcmgyvM Disambiguation of 'head nodding': 16 55 14 15
  3. (astronomy) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (astronomical term): 章動 /章动 (zhāngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), nutation [feminine] (French), Nutation [feminine] (German), κλόνηση (klónisi) [feminine] (Greek), nútaíocht [feminine] (Irish), nútú [masculine] (Irish), 章動 (shōdō) (alt: しょうどう) (Japanese), нутация (nutasiä) (Kazakh), nutação [feminine] (Portuguese), nutación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-nutation-en-noun-AgtaSuPz Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'astronomical term': 26 11 46 17
  4. (botany) The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-nutation-en-noun-PUkhTZxl Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circumnutation, counternutation, nutate

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kivánije",
      "sense": "head nodding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кива́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhāngdòng",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "word": "章動 /章动"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nutation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nutation"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klónisi",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κλόνηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nútaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nútú"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうどう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōdō",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "word": "章動"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "nutasiä",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "word": "нутация"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nutação"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "astronomical term",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nutación"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "nutation"
  ],
  "word": "nutation"
}

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