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Definition of nutation:

°a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
°any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.
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Definition of nutation:

°a bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body.
°any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon.

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