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precession

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun precession has 2 senses

precession(n = noun.state) - the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone;

is a kind of

motion

precession(n = noun.act) precedence, precedency - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony);

is a kind of activity

Derived forms verb precede₃, verb precede₂, verb precede₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

precession, n. [L. praecedere, praecessum, to go before: cf. F. précession. See Precede.].

The act of going before, or forward. [1913 Webster]

Lunisolar precession. (Astron.) See under Lunisolar. -- Planetary precession, that part of the precession of the equinoxes which depends on the action of the planets alone. -- Precession of the equinoxes (Astron.), the slow backward motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, at the rate of 50.2precedes that point continually with reference to the time of transit and motion.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

precession, n. the slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis.

Idiom

precession of the equinoxes
1 the slow retrograde motion of equinoctial points along the ecliptic.
2 the resulting earlier occurrence of equinoxes in each successive sidereal year.

Derivative

precessional adj.

Etymology

LL praecessio (as PRECEDE)

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ROGET THESAURUS

precession

Precedence

N precedence, coming before, the lead, le pas, superiority, importance, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precursor, priority, precession, anteposition, epacme, preference, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, before, former, foregoing, beforementioned, abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid, said, precursory, precursive, prevenient, preliminary, prefatory, introductory, prelusive, prelusory, proemial, preparatory, before, in advance, seniores priores, prior tempore prior jure.

Priority

N priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence, precession, precursor, the past, premises, prior, previous, preceding, precedent, anterior, antecedent, pre- existing, pre-existent, former, foregoing, aforementioned, before- mentioned, abovementioned, aforesaid, said, introductory, before, prior to, earlier, previously, afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile, ere then, ere now, before then, before now, erewhile, already, yet, beforehand, on the eve of, prior tempore prior jure.

Precession

N precession, leading, heading, precedence, priority, the lead, le pas, van, precursor, leading, precedent, in advance, before, ahead, in the van, in the lead, foremost, headmost, in front, at the head, out in front, way out in front, far ahead, seniores priores, ahead of his time.