Lexic.us

Definition of Nutation

1. Noun. Uncontrolled nodding.

Definition of Nutation

1. n. The act of nodding.

Definition of Nutation

1. Noun. (physics) a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body ¹

2. Noun. a nodding motion (of the head etc.) ¹

3. Noun. (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 ¹

4. Noun. (botany) the circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nutation

1. an oscillatory movement of the axis of a rotating body [n -S]

Medical Definition of Nutation

1. 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. 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. 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. Circumnutation. Origin: L. Nutatio a nodding, fr. Nutare to nod: cf. F. Nutation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutation

Other Resources: