Nutation1. (n.) The act of nodding.
2. (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.
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.) Circumnutation.
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