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The correct spelling is nutation.
How to pronounce nutation
noun
Say it like: Nut-ash-on
The correct spelling is nutation. A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
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Definition
noun
- 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.
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