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LIBRATION (Lat. libra, a balance)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 578 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LIBRATION (
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Lat.
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libra, a
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balance) , a slow oscillation, as of a
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balance; in
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astronomy especially the seeming oscillation of the
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moon around her
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axis, by which portions of her
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surface near the edge of the disk are alternately brought into sight and swung out of sight .

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