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precession

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: precession

1
 n
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
2
 n
the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: precession
1

n the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

Synonyms:
precedence, precedency
Type of:
activity
any specific behavior
2

n the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone

Type of:
motion
a state of change
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