Synonyms for "nutation" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

fluctuationfrequency

Strong matches (3)

frequency bandperiodicityresonance

Related words (4)

vacillationvibrancyvibrationwavering

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

1 entries

nod

derived

5 entries

circumnutationcounternutationnutatenutationalrevolving nutation

etymologically related_to

1 entries

mutation

has context

3 entries

astronomybotanyphysics

is a

1 entries

nod

related to

14 entries

bobbingbodycircularearthequinoxirregularitiesmoonnoddingprecessionrigidshootspinningsuntorque

Translations

23 translations across 12 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• кимане noun (head nodding)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

• 章動 /章动 noun (physics term)
• 章動 /章动 noun (astronomical term)

French

1 entries

• nutation noun (astronomical term)

German

2 entries

• Nutation noun (physics term)
• Nutation noun (astronomical term)

Greek

2 entries

• κλόνηση noun (physics term)
• κλόνηση noun (astronomical term)

Irish

4 entries

• nútaíocht noun (physics term)
• nútaíocht noun (astronomical term)
• nútú noun (physics term)
• nútú noun (astronomical term)

Japanese

1 entries

• 章動 noun (astronomical term)

Kazakh

2 entries

• нутация noun (physics term)
• нутация noun (astronomical term)

Portuguese

3 entries

• nutação noun (physics term)
• nutação noun (head nodding)
• nutação noun (astronomical term)

Russian

2 entries

• кива́ние noun (head nodding)
• нута́ция noun (physics term)

Spanish

2 entries

• nutación noun (physics term)
• nutación noun (astronomical term)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• chương động noun (astronomical term)

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