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— English words —

• nutation n. (Physics) A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
• nutation n. A nodding motion (Of the head etc.).
• nutation n. (Astronomy) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque…
• nutation n. (Botany) The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.

— In German —

• Nutation S. Physik: Bewegung der Rotationsachse eines Kreisels um die…
• Nutation S. Astronomie: Schwankung der Erdachse gegen den Himmelspol.
• Nutation S. Botanik: Wachstumsbewegung einer Pflanze oder Pflanzenteilen…

— In French —

• nutation n.f. (Astronomie) Léger balancement de l’axe de rotation de…
• nutation n.f. (Botanique) Habitude qu’ont certaines plantes de pencher…
• nutation n.f. (Médecine) Balancement continuel de la tête.
• nutation n.f. (Médecine, Anatomie) Mouvement de bascule et de rotation…

28 English words from 4 English definitions

accompanies Any Astronomy bobbing body Botany caused circular equinoxes etc growing head irregularities motion nodding of␣a Physics precession rigid rigid␣body several shoot spinning that the tip torque varying

9 English words from 7 foreign definitions

axe balancement bascule den der die Habitude Kreisels rotation

27 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

Anatomie Astronomie axe␣de␣rotation Bewegung Botanik Botanique certaines continuel de␣la einer eines Erdachse et␣de gegen Léger Médecine Mouvement oder ont pencher Pflanze Pflanzenteilen Physik plantes Rotationsachse Schwankung tête

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

nutations nutational

2 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

sternutations circumnutations

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

sternutation circumnutation counternutation

18 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

-ation ion Ion -ion nut Nut NUT tat Tat TAT Tati tio Tio tion -tion uta Uta UTA

16 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ita ITA NOI noit OIt OIT Oita Ōita tat Tat TAT tatu Ta-tu Ta␣Tu tun Tun

5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

antitauon Huttonian nutations tenuation unitation

5 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

notatin Taunton Uitotan untaint Utonian

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

lutation mutation natation notation nudation nugation nunation putation

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