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What is the noun for libration?

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libration
  1. The act of librating.
  2. (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.
  3. (by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.
  4. (chemistry) A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Its space segment will be composed of a group of X-ray telescopes based around one of the libration points or Lagrangian points.”
      “Spacecraft located near the L1 libration point provide data on several characteristics of the solar wind.”
      “Such a microsatellite has to be placed in a libration point between the Sun and the Earth.”
librator
  1. Something that librates, or causes libration
librate
  1. (obsolete) A piece of land having a value of one pound per year
librations
librators
  1. plural of librator
librates
  1. plural of librate
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