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noun - uncontrolled nodding
The act or an instance of nodding the head.
A wobble in a spinning gyroscope or other rotating body.
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| uncontrolled nodding |
| A periodic variation in the inclination of the axis of a rotating object. |
| The circular swaying movement of the tip of a growing shoot. |
| The act or an instance of nodding the head. |
| A wobble in a spinning gyroscope or other rotating body. |
| Astronomy A small periodic motion of the celestial pole of the earth with respect to the pole of the ecliptic. |
| Botany A slight curving or circular movement in a stem, as of a twining plant, caused by irregular growth rates of different parts. |
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| Nutation (from Latin ntti, "nodding, swaying") is a rocking, swaying, or nodding motion in the axis of rotation of a largely axially symmetric object, such as a gyroscope, planet, or bullet in flight, or as an intended behavior of a mechanism. In an appropriate reference frame it can be defined as a change in the second Euler angle. If it is not caused by forces external to the body, it is called free nutation or Euler nutation. A pure nutation is a movement of a rotational axis such that the first Euler angle is constant. In spacecraft dynamics, precession (a change in the first Euler angle) is sometimes referred to as nutation. |