nutate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from nutation (1610s), from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“I nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb[edit]
nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated)
- (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
- (intransitive, engineering) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.
Anagrams[edit]
Interlingua[edit]
Participle[edit]
nutate
- past participle of nutar
Latin[edit]
Participle[edit]
nūtāte