libations

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As the sterile moon hath her librations, so must he boast of his oscillations, thinking them eternal verities.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James

The next year he made his last discovery, known as the moon's librations.

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.

The "librations," however, of Mercury are on a larger scale than those of the moon, because he travels in a more eccentric path.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)

And Khalid’s distance from the orbit of this grand luminary seems to vary with his moods; and these vary with the librations and revolutions of the moon.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

A perpetual balance of Europe presuppose a balance of the four remaining parts of the world, which one may, deducting small librations, promise our globe.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul