libration — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. The act of librating.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

2. The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

3. A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.

   Употребление

   • broadly
   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

4. The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point.

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   • неисчисляемое

5. A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion.

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   • исчисляемое
   • неисчисляемое

6. A wavering between two opposing thoughts or choices.

   Употребление

   • исчисляемое
   • переносное
   • неисчисляемое

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   We may not quarrel with attempts to picture the libration of emotion which sways Clytaemestra as she veers from love for her husband to the desire to take vengeance upon him[…]

Существительное

1. (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite

   Более общие понятия

   oscillationvariation

   Примеры

   the libration of the moon