libration
noun
- the act of librating
- Astron. a slight rocking motion of the moon which allows 59% of the moon's surface to be visible from the earth
See libration in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lī-brāˈshən)
noun A very slow oscillation, real or apparent, of a satellite as viewed from the larger celestial body around which it revolves.
Related Forms:
- liˈbra·toˌry (-brə-tôrˌē, -tōrˌē) adjective
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