- wobble motion
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English-Dutch technical dictionary. 2013.
wobble motion
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wobble — [wäb′əl] vi. wobbled, wobbling [prob. < LowG wabbeln, to wobble: for IE base see WAVE] 1. to move unsteadily from side to side, as in walking 2. to rotate unevenly so as to move from side to side 3. to shake or tremble, as jelly does 4. to… … English World dictionary
wobble — 1. noun a) An unsteady motion. The fat man walked down the street with a wobble. b) A tremulous sound. There was a wobble on her high notes. Syn … Wiktionary
wobble — I. verb also wabble (wobbled; also wabbled; wobbling; also wabbling) Etymology: probably from Low German wabbeln; akin to Old English wǣfre restless more at waver Date: 1657 intransitive verb 1. a … New Collegiate Dictionary
wobble — wob•ble [[t]ˈwɒb əl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced 2) to move, walk, etc., unsteadily with a side to side motion 3) to show… … From formal English to slang
wobble — [c]/ˈwɒbəl / (say wobuhl) verb (wobbled, wobbling) –verb (i) 1. to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body, when not properly balanced. 2. to move unsteadily from side to side. 3. to show… …
wobble — wob·ble || wÉ’bl n. tottering or swaying motion; shaking, quaking, quivering; wavering, hesitation v. move from side to side; sway; tremble, vibrate; be indecisive … English contemporary dictionary
wobble plate-swash plate — Type of compressor designed to compress gas, with piston motion parallel to crankshaft. Often used in automobile air conditioning systems … Dictionary of automotive terms
Chandler wobble — The Chandler wobble is a small motion in the Earth s axis of rotation relative to the Earth s surface, which was discovered by American astronomer Seth Carlo Chandler in 1891. It amounts to 9 metres (30 ft)[citation needed] on the Earth s… … Wikipedia
polar motion — ▪ geophysics a periodic rotation of the Earth s spin axis about a mean axis, somewhat like the wobble of a spinning top. Slight variations in latitude and longitude result from this wobble because the poles are displaced from their mean… … Universalium
Stellar wobble — is a variation in the position of a star due to the gravitational influence of another body orbiting it. Stellar wobble is visible as a Doppler redshift in the star s spectrum or as a motion of the star in the plane of the sky. The Doppler shift… … Wikipedia
Brownian motion — Any of various physical phenomena in which some quantity is constantly undergoing small, random fluctuations. It was named for Robert Brown, who was investigating the fertilization process of flowers in 1827 when he noticed a rapid oscillatory… … Universalium
