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Nutation

Noun

Definitionen

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