Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nutation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
nu-ta-tion
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A nodding motion (of the head etc.).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

nutations (plural)

Derived Forms

circumnutation nutational counternutation nutate

Phrases

revolving nutation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does nutation mean?
A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
Where does nutation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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