Complete Definition of "nutation"

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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n

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#physics a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body
#astronomy any of several irregularities in the presession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon

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