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Circumnutation
Circumnutation Cir`cum*nu*ta"tion, n. (Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.
Sternutation
Sternutation Ster`nu*ta"tion, n. [L. sternutatio, fr. sternutare to sneeze, intens. from sternuere.] The act of sneezing. --Quincy.

Meaning of Nutation from wikipedia

- forces external to the body, it is called free nutation or Euler nutation (after Leonhard Euler). A pure nutation is a movement of a rotational axis such that...
- axis of rotation, and nutation, which is the combined effect of similar shorter-term variations. An example of precession and nutation is the variation over...
- Look up nut or nuts in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nut often refers to: Nut (fruit), fruit composed of a hard s**** and a seed, or a collective noun...
- Look up nutter in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nutter may mean: Nutter (surname) Nutter Thomas (1869-1954), Anglican Bishop of Adelaide, South Australia...
- Look up nutation or nutate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nutation is a rocking, swaying, or nodding motion in the axis of rotation of a largely...
- Look up Nutting or nutting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nutting is an English surname, first recorded in 1379, when a Willelmus Nuttyng (William...
- The engine consisted of an internal disk wobbling on a Z-shaped shaft. Nutation has also been used in drive systems for gearboxes, with proposed uses including...
- In the structure of written articles in journalism, the nut graph or nut graf (short for "nuts**** paragraph") is a paragraph following the lede, or opening...
- with fully updated precession and nutation are called the true equator and equinox; the positions without nutation are the mean equator and equinox. Obliquity...
- A T-nut, T nut, or tee nut (also known as a blind nut, which can however also refer to a rivet nut or an insert nut, and likewise drive-in nut) is a type...