nudation

English

Etymology

From Latin nudatio, from nudare (“to make naked”), from nudus (“naked”). See nude.

Noun

nudation (countable and uncountable, plural nudations)

1. (now chiefly ecology) The act of stripping, or making bare or naked.

References

• “nudation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• in and out