Precession

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or state of preceding; precedence.
  • n. Physics The motion of the axis of a spinning body, such as the wobble of a spinning top, when there is an external force acting on the axis.
  • n. Astronomy Precession of the equinoxes.
  • n. Astronomy A slow gyration of the earth's axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the sun, moon, and other planets on the earth's equatorial bulge.
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  • n. precedence
  • n. The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
  • n. The slow gyration of the earth’s axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon.
  • n. Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of going before, or forward.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of going before or of moving forward; advance.
  • n. Precedence.
  • n. In philology, a weakening of a vowel due to a change of accent; a change from a full strong vowel to a thinner one: opposed to progression.
  • n. In mech., the cyclic movement of the axis of rotation of a body which revolves about a free axis in a field of force. In order that precession shall occur the body must not be a homogeneous sphere and the axis of rotation must be inclined to the lines of force of the field.
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  • n. the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
  • n. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
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