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nutations

nutations is the plural of nutation.

Meaning of nutation

Noun

nutation (countable and uncountable, plural nutations)

  1. A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
  2. A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
  3. Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
  4. The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.

Questions about nutations

What is nutations the plural of?
Nutations is the plural of nutation.

Words near nutations in the dictionary

  1. nutated
  2. nutates
  3. nutating
  4. nutation
  5. nutational
  6. nutations
  7. nutator
  8. nutators
  9. nutbag
  10. nutbaggery
  11. nutbags

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