| NOUN | process | libration | (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite |
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| Sounds | laybrey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite. | |
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| Example | "the libration of the moon" | |
| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Broader | oscillation | The process of oscillating between states |
| variation | (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon) | |
| Spanish | libración | |
| Catalan | libració | |
| Verbs | librate | vibrate before coming to a total rest |
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