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Antilibration
Antilibration An`ti*li*bra"tion, n. A balancing; equipoise. [R.] --De Quincey.
Calibration
Calibration Cal`ibra"*tion, n. The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.
Delibration
Delibration Del`i*bra"tion, n. The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] --Ash.

Meaning of Libration from wikipedia

- In lunar astronomy, libration is the cyclic variation in the apparent position of the Moon that is perceived by observers on the Earth observers and caused...
- Libration (from the Latin verb librare "to balance, to sway"; cf. libra "scales") is a type of reciprocating motion in which an object with a nearly fixed...
- mechanics, the Lagrange points (/ləˈɡrɑːndʒ/; also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-m**** objects under the gravitational...
- In orbital mechanics, a libration point orbit (LPO) is a quasiperiodic orbit around a Lagrange point. Libration is a form of orbital motion exhibited...
- night to night, yet somewhat obvious in time-lapse photography. Lunar libration causes part of the back side of the Moon to be visible to a terrestrial...
- 7° north of the equator and the north pole is visible. This is called libration in latitude. The nodes are points at which the Moon's orbit crosses the...
- Category:Spacecraft using halo orbits Libration point orbit Robert Farquhar (1966). "Station-Keeping in the Vicinity of Collinear Libration Points with an Application...
- looking for a photometrically confirmable concentration of dust at the libration (Lagrangian) points in 1951. After a change in method suggested by Josef...
- The Derg (or Dergue; Amharic: ደርግ, lit. 'committee' or 'council'), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the Ethiopian...
- lunar surface is visible over time due to cyclical shifts in perspective (libration), making parts of the far side of the Moon visible. The Moon has been...