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nutate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from nutation (1610s), from Latin n?t?ti? (nodding), from n?t? (I nod), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated)

  1. (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
  2. (intransitive, engineering) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

References


Anagrams

  • UNTAET, attune, tauten

Interlingua

Participle

nutate

  1. past participle of nutar

Latin

Participle

n?t?te

  1. vocative masculine singular of n?t?tus

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nutator

English

Noun

nutator (plural nutators)

  1. A mechanical or electronic device for gyrating a feedhorn, dipole, or radar about the axis of the reflector without changing its polarization.

Related terms

  • nutation
  • nutate

Anagrams

  • outrant, to a turn

Latin

Verb

n?t?tor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of n?t?
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of n?t?

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