Nutation (disambiguation)
# Nutation (disambiguation)

Nutation is a rocking, swaying, or nodding motion in the axis of rotation of a largely axially symmetric object, such as a gyroscope or the Earth (see astronomical nutation). It may also refer to:

* In biology:
   * Nutation (botany), bending movements executed by some plant organs
   * In human anatomy, movement of the sacrum vis-a-vis the ilia
* The same as precession in spacecraft dynamics
* Nutation (engineering)
