Synonyms for "libration" (11 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

fluctuationfrequencyfrequency band

Strong matches (3)

periodicityresonancesway

Related words (5)

swingvacillationvibrancyvibrationwavering

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

oscillationvariation

Related terms

3 entries

libratelibratorynutation

derived

3 entries

antilibrationlibration pointlibrational

has context

2 entries

astronomychemistry

is a

2 entries

oscillationvariation

related to

16 entries

apparentcelestialearthhalflibratelunarmoonobserverorbitalpermanentlyrotationalslightlysurfacevariationvisiblewobble

Translations

23 translations across 8 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries

• librasie noun (act of libration)

Armenian

4 entries

• երերում noun (act of libration)
• լիբրացիա noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)
• լիբրացիա noun (astronomy: similar characteristic of another celestial object)
• ճոճում noun (act of libration)

Finnish

4 entries

• huojunta noun (act of libration)
• huojunta noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)
• huojunta noun (astronomy: similar characteristic of another celestial object)
• libraatio noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)

German

3 entries

• Ausschwingen noun (act of libration)
• Libration noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)
• Pendeln noun (act of libration)

Icelandic

1 entries

• tunglvik noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)

Japanese

1 entries

• 秤動 noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)

Korean

2 entries

• 칭동 noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)
• 칭동 noun (astronomy: similar characteristic of another celestial object)

Russian

3 entries

• качание noun (act of libration)
• либра́ция noun (astronomy: apparent wobble of the moon)
• либра́ция noun (astronomy: similar characteristic of another celestial object)

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