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li·bra·tion
/laɪˈbreʃən/
振動,天平動
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Li·bra·tion
n.
1.
The
act
or
state
of
librating
.
2.
Astron.
A
real
or
apparent
libratory
motion
,
like
that
of
a
balance
before
coming
to
rest
.
Libration of the moon
,
any
one
of
those
small
periodical
changes
in
the
position
of
the
moon's
surface
relatively
to
the
earth
,
in
consequence
of
which
narrow
portions
at
opposite
limbs
become
visible
or
invisible
alternately
.
It
receives
different
names
according
to
the
manner
in
which
it
takes
place
;
as
:
(a)
Libration
in
longitude
,
that
which
,
depending
on
the
place
of
the
moon
in
its
elliptic
orbit
,
causes
small
portions
near
the
eastern
and
western
borders
alternately
to
appear
and
disappear
each
month
. (
b
)
Libration
in
latitude
,
that
which
depends
on
the
varying
position
of
the
moon's
axis
in
respect
to
the
spectator
,
causing
the
alternate
appearance
and
disappearance
of
either
pole
. (
c
)
Diurnal
or
parallactic
libration
,
that
which
brings
into
view
on
the
upper
limb
,
at
rising
and
setting
,
some
parts
not
in
the
average
visible
hemisphere
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
libration
n
: (
astronomy
)
a
real
or
apparent
slow
oscillation
of
a
moon
or
satellite
; "
the
libration
of
the
moon
"
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