nutation in a sentence
Examples
- See precession as well as nutation.
- It includes librations but no nutations.
- Simple nutation occurs in dorsiventral organs, such as flat leaves, both foliage and floral.
- Finally, the top can wobble up and down; the inclination angle is the nutation angle.
- They are also called nutations, except for the slowest, which is the precession of the equinoxes.
- However, the combined effects of precession and nutation will cause the coordinates to change slightly over time.
- Changes in temperature cause flowers to open or close by movements which resemble the simple nutation of dorsiventral organs.
- Nutation is one of the corrections which must be applied to obtain the apparent place of an astronomical object.
- Its axial tilt does undergo nutation; a slight, irregular motion with a main period of 18.6 years.
- An example of precession and nutation is the variation over time of the orientation of the axis of rotation of the Earth.