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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries장동하다
Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: jangdonghada
"식물의 줄기가 자라면서 장동하기 시작한다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To nod, sway, or oscillate, especially in a periodic or circular motion, as a growing plant shoot or a planet's axis.
"The stem of the climbing plant began to nutate as it searched for a suitable support structure." - 2
To undergo small cyclical variations in orientation or inclination.
"Astronomers calculated how the Earth's axis would nutate over an eighteen-year cycle."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'nutātus', past participle of 'nutāre' meaning 'to nod' or 'to sway'. It entered scientific English in the 19th century to describe periodic, nodding, or oscillating movements observed in both botany and astronomy.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Nutate" is said worldwide
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nuter
Transliteration: /ny.te/
"La tige de la plante commence à nuter."
nutieren
Transliteration: /nuˈtiːʁən/
"Die Erdachse kann nutieren."
nutare
Transliteration: /nuˈta.re/
"Il germoglio tende a nutare durante la crescita."
nutar
Transliteration: /nuˈtaɾ/
"El tallo comienza a nutar buscando la luz."
nutar
Transliteration: /nuˈtaɾ/
"A extremidade da planta pode nutar."
झुकना या डोलना
Transliteration: jhukna ya dolna
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"पौधे का तना बढ़ने के दौरान झुकने लगता है।"
章动
Transliteration: zhāng dòng
Script: 中文汉字
"植物的茎在生长时会发生章动。"
장동하다
Transliteration: jangdonghada
Script: 한국어 한글
"식물의 줄기가 자라면서 장동하기 시작한다."
章動する
Transliteration: shōdō suru
Script: 日本語
"地球の軸は周期的に章動する。"
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