libration

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And lunar-like in their libration are some of his melodies -- glimpses, mysterious and vast, as of a strange world.

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  1. noun A very slow oscillation, real or apparent, of a satellite as viewed from the larger celestial body around which it revolves.

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  • And lunar-like in their libration are some of his melodies—glimpses, mysterious and vast, as of a strange world His utterances are always dynamic, and he emerges betimes, as if from Goya's tomb, and etches with sardonic finger Nada in dust. —  Chopin: The Man and His Music
  • Thus the agency is sort of stuck in a libration point, in orbit in a very strange and immaterial place. —  Knight Science Journalism Tracker
  • I am solely responsible for this comment and agree to abide by the Ethiopia is a synbol of christianity and libration in the region.
  • Due to a slight "wobble" in the lunar motion called libration, —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
  • The agencies are discussing adapting the DSCOVR spacecraft for a new mission to monitor solar wind and space weather from the L1 libration point, a site 1 million miles away where the pull of gravity from the sun and Earth is equal. —  Spaceflight Now
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  1. Latin lībrātio, lībrātiōn-, oscillation, from lībrātus, past participle of lībrāre, to balance, from lībra, balance.

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  1. from French libration = Spanish libracion = Portuguese libração = Italian librazione, from Latin libratio(n-), a poising, from librare, past participle libratus, poise: see librate.
 

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/laɪˈbreɪʃən/
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