An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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nutation in right ascension
  لنگارش ِ راست‌افراز   
langâreš-e râst-afrâz

Fr.: nutation en ascension droite   

Same as → equation of the equinoxes.

nutation; → right ascension.

nutator
  لنگارنده   
langârande

Fr.: nutateur   

A drive mechanism used to move a radar beam in a circular, spiral, or conical path periodically.

Agent noun of → nutate.

nutrient
  فارمند   
fârmand

Fr.: nutritif   

1) Nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.
2) Containing or conveying nutriment, as solutions or vessels of the body.
3) A nutrient substance (Dictionary.com).

From L. nutrientem, pr.p. of nutrire, → nourish.

Fârmand, from present stem of fâridan, + -mand.

nutriment
  فاراک   
fârâk

Fr.: nourriture   

1) Any substance or matter that, taken into a living organism, serves to sustain it in its existence, promoting growth, replacing loss, and providing energy.
2) Anything that nourishes; nourishment; food (Dictionary.com).

From L. nutrimentum "nourishment; support," from nutrire, → nourish.

Fârâk, from present stem of fâridan, → nourish, + -âk (as in xorâk, pušâk, etc.).

nutrition
  فارش   
fâreš

Fr.: nutrition, alimentation   

1) The act or process of nourishing or of being nourished.
2) The science or study of, or a course of study in, nutrition, especially of humans (Dictionary.com).

Verbal noun from L. nutrire, → nourish.

nutritionist
  فارشگر   
fârešgar

Fr.: nutritioniste   

A person who is trained or expert in the science of nutrition.

nutrition; → -ist.

nutritive
  فارنده   
fârandé

Fr.: nutritif, nourrissant   

1) Serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
2) Of, pertaining to, or concerned with nutrition (Dictionary.com).

Adjective and agent noun from L. nutrire, → nourish.

nyctalopia
  شبکوری   
šabkuri (#)

Fr.: nyctalopie   

Same as → night blindness; opposite of → hemeralopia.

L.L. nyctalopia, from Gk. nukt, → night + al(aos) "blind" + -opia, akin to ope "view, look," ops "eye."

Šabkuri, from šab, → night, + kuri "blindness," from kur, → blind.

Nyquist formula
  دیسول ِ نیکویءیست   
disul-e Nyquist

Fr.: formule de Nyquist   

The mean square noise voltage across a resistance in thermal equilibrium is four times the product of the resistance, Boltzmann's constant, the absolute temperature, and the frequency range within which the voltage is measured. → Johnson-Nyquist noise.

Named after Harry Nyquist (1889-1976), a Swedish-born American physicist, who made important contributions to information theory. → Johnson-Nyquist noise; → formula.

Nyquist frequency
  بسامد ِ نیکویءیست   
basâmad-e Nyquist

Fr.: fréquence de Nyquist   

The highest frequency that can be determined in a Fourier analysis of a discrete sampling of data.

Nyquist formula; → frequency.

Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem
  فربین ِ نمونان‌گیری ِ نیکویءیست-شانون   
farbin-e nemunân-giri-ye Nyquist-Shannon

Fr.: théorème d'échantillonnage de Nyquist-Shannon   

The minimum number of resolution elements required to properly sample a signal, such as a star image, without causing erroneous effects known as aliasing. For electronic imaging, this number is generally taken as 2 pixels across the seeing disk diameter at the half intensity points. Also called → Shannon's sampling theorem and → sampling theorem.

Named after Harry Nyquist (1889-1976), a Swedish-born American physicist, who made important contributions to information theory, and Claude Elwood Shannon (1916-2001), an American mathematician and pioneer of information theory; → theorem.

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