nutazione

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūtātiōnem (“nodding, swaying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.tatˈt͡sjo.ne/
• Rhymes: -one
• Hyphenation: nu‧ta‧zió‧ne

Noun

nutazione f (plural nutazioni)

1. nutation, particularly:
   1. (physics) a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body
   2. (astronomy) any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon
   3. (botany) the circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot

Derived terms

• nutazionale

Related terms

• nutante
• nuto