Nutant

[nju:tәnt]

Definition

(a.) Nodding; having the top bent downward.

Editor: Omar

Definition

adj. nodding: (bot.) having the top of the stem of the flower-cluster bent downward.—n. Nūtā′tion a nodding: (astron.) a periodical and constant change of the angle made by the earth's axis with the ecliptic caused by the attraction of the moon on the greater mass of matter round the equator: (bot.) the turning of flowers towards the sun.

Checker: Myrna