LIBRATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does libration mean? • LIBRATION (noun)
The noun LIBRATION has 1 sense:
1. (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite
Familiarity information: LIBRATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LIBRATION (noun)
Meaning:
(astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Context example:
the libration of the moon
Hypernyms ("libration" is a kind of...):
variation ((astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon))
oscillation (the process of oscillating between states)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
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