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From Latin lībrātiō (“a hurling, swinging”), from lībrō (“poise, cause to swing”).
libration (countable and uncountable, plural librations)
- 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.
- (dynamics) The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point.[1]
- (chemistry) A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion.
act of libration
libration f (plural librations)
- “libration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.