precession
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precession
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From Middle English precessioun, precession, from Medieval Latin prēcessiōn-, prēcessio, from Latin praecēdō.
noun precessions · præcession
- Precedence. But as it will not do to talk entirely at random, as Montaigne does, and Ralph Waldo Emerson tries to do, we must take up some little thread or threads. and string our thoughts thereupon, keeping up also a relation among them of precession and succession.
- The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
- 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.
- Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
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noun physics term
| Español | precesión |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Präzession |
| Ελληνικά | μετάπτωση metáptosi |
| Русский | преце́ссия precéssija |
noun astronomical term
| 한국어 | 세차 secha |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 歳差 saisa, 歳差運動 saisa undou, 首振り運動 kubifuri undou |
| 中文 | 進動 /进动 jìndòng, 旋進 /旋进 xuánjìn, 歲差 /岁差 suìchā |
| Français | précession |
| Deutsch | Präzession |
| Ελληνικά | μετάπτωση metáptosi |
| Русский | преце́ссия precéssija |
Talk about this word "precession." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/precession. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. precession. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/precession "precession." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/precession.Cite this
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title = {precession},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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