Thesaurus: nutation

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1. n. The act of nodding.
2. 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.
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. Circumnutation.
5. n. uncontrolled nodding
6. 1. The act of nodding. So from the midmost the nutation spreads, Round and more round, o'er all the sea of heads. Pope. 2. (Astron.) 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. 3. (Bot.) (a) 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. (b) Circumnutation.
7. A very small libratory motion of the earth's axis, by which itsinclination to the plane of the ecliptic is constantly varying by asmall amount.
8. n. uncontrolled nodding