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A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.

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  • (noun) A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
  • (noun) A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
  • (noun) Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
  2. 2
    noun A nodding motion (of the head etc.).
  3. 3
    noun Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
  4. 4
    noun The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot.
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