nutation
nutation noun: a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
Noun
nutation (countable and uncountable, plural nutations)
nutation meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese
nutation in Tamil
- நெற்றாட்டம், அச்சதிர்வுப் பெயர்ச்சி, அச்சலைவு, அசைவாக்கம்
nutation in Arabic
- physics term
- تَرَنُّح tarannuḥ
- head nodding
- إِنْغَاض ʔinḡāḍ
- astronomical term
- تَرَنُّح tarannuḥ
nutation in Vietnamese
- astronomical term
- chương động
Forms of nutation
| plural | nutations |
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Origin of nutation
1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation.
Words formed from nutation
Words that rhyme with nutation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about nutation
- What does nutation mean?
- Nutation means a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
- What is nutation in Tamil?
- Nutation in Tamil is நெற்றாட்டம், அச்சதிர்வுப் பெயர்ச்சி, அச்சலைவு. See Nutation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is nutation?
- Nutation is a noun.
- What is the plural of nutation?
- The plural of nutation is nutations.
Words near nutation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nutation (page history and authors); nutation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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