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French and English Search Results for: nutation

Summary

French to English: more detail...

nutation:
- Wiktionary:
  nutation → nutation
  nutation → nutation
- Synonyms for "nutation":
  hochement

English to French: more detail...

nutation:
- ballottement; houle; fluctuation; balancement; oscillation
Wiktionary:
- nutation → nutation
- nutation → nutation

French

Detailed Translations for nutation from French to English

nutation:

Synonyms for "nutation":

hochement

Wiktionary Translations for nutation:

nutation

noun

astro|fr léger balancement de l’axe de rotation de la terre autour d’un axe moyen, qui décrire lui-même en vingt-six mille ans un cône autour de la perpendiculaire au plan de l’écliptique.
- nutation → nutation

nutation

noun

astronomical term
- nutation → nutation

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• nutation	→ nutation	↔ Nutation — Astronomie: Schwankung der Erdachse gegen den Himmelspol

English

Detailed Translations for nutation from English to French

nutation:

nutation [the ~] nom

the nutation (fluctuation; sway; swing; oscillation; swinging)
le ballottement; l'houle; la fluctuation; le balancement; l'oscillation
- ballottement [le ~] nom
- houle [la ~] nom
- fluctuation [la ~] nom
- balancement [le ~] nom
- oscillation [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for nutation:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
balancement	fluctuation; nutation; oscillation; sway; swing; swinging	oscillating movement; oscillation
ballottement	fluctuation; nutation; oscillation; sway; swing; swinging
fluctuation	fluctuation; nutation; oscillation; sway; swing; swinging	fluctuation; oscillation; sea; swell; swinging
houle	fluctuation; nutation; oscillation; sway; swing; swinging	alluvion; backwash; beating of the waves; oscillation; sea; swell; swinging; wash
oscillation	fluctuation; nutation; oscillation; sway; swing; swinging	oscillating movement; oscillation; quaking; quivering; sea; shaking; swell; swinging; trembling

Synonyms for "nutation":

nod

Related Definitions for "nutation":

uncontrolled nodding¹

Wiktionary Translations for nutation:

nutation

noun

astronomical term
- nutation → nutation

nutation

noun

astro|fr léger balancement de l’axe de rotation de la terre autour d’un axe moyen, qui décrire lui-même en vingt-six mille ans un cône autour de la perpendiculaire au plan de l’écliptique.
- nutation → nutation

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• nutation	→ nutation	↔ Nutation — Astronomie: Schwankung der Erdachse gegen den Himmelspol

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