libration
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /laɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
libration
- The act of librating.
- (astronomy) 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.
- (by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.
- (chemistry) 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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- librate
- German: Ausschwingen, Pendeln
- Russian: качание
- German: Libration
- Russian: либра́ция
- Russian: либра́ция
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