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Nutation
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The act of nodding.
(2):
(n.) Circumnutation.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nutation'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/nutation.html. 1828.