How do you use Libration in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like oscillation or variation, plus the exact meaning.
Libration meaning
- The act of librating.
- 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.
- A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.
Synonyms of Libration
Using Libration
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of librating. | 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. | A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.
- Useful related words include: oscillation, variation.
- In the example corpus, libration often appears in combinations such as: the libration, libration of.
Context around Libration
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Libration
- In this selection, "libration" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, effects stand out and add context to how "libration" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2 1 libration with jupiter and because the libration of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "libration" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with libration
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Not simplified, because the libration of the nodes must be taken into account. (13 words)
These asteroids are in stable 2:1 libration with Jupiter, in high-inclination orbits. (14 words)
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2013 at hourly intervals, with music, titles and supplemental graphics. (18 words)
Libration also changes the angle from which the Moon is seen, allowing about 59% of its surface to be seen from Earth (but only half at any instant). (28 words)
Second, the longitudes of ascending nodes of the two bodies—the points where they cross the ecliptic—are in near-resonance with the above libration. (25 words)
Except for libration effects, this results in the Moon keeping the same face turned toward Earth, as seen in the figure on the left. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
Except for libration effects, this results in the Moon keeping the same face turned toward Earth, as seen in the figure on the left.
Jupiter trojans generally follow paths called tadpole orbits around the Lagrangian points; the average period of their libration is about 150 years.
Libration also changes the angle from which the Moon is seen, allowing about 59% of its surface to be seen from Earth (but only half at any instant).
Not simplified, because the libration of the nodes must be taken into account.
Second, the longitudes of ascending nodes of the two bodies—the points where they cross the ecliptic—are in near-resonance with the above libration.
The amplitude of the libration (along the Jovian orbit) varies from 0.6° to 88°, with the average being about 33°.
The near-18:7 resonance pattern with Jupiter only marches clockwise: it never halts or reverses course (i.e. no libration ).
The phase and libration of the Moon for 2013 at hourly intervals, with music, titles and supplemental graphics.
These asteroids are in stable 2:1 libration with Jupiter, in high-inclination orbits.
Common combinations with libration
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the libration 2×
- libration of 2×