precession en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English precessioun, precession, from Medieval Latin prēcessiōn-, prēcessio, from Latin praecēdō.
Meanings
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(uncountable) 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.
- (countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
- (uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| precessions | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| præcession | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hyponyms
apsidal precession (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession) · Larmor precession (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession) · axial precession (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession) · precession of the ecliptic (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession) · perihelion precession (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession) · orbital precession (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession) · Lense-Thirring precession (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession) · precession of the equinoxes (astronomy: Hyponyms of precession)
Relateds
Translations (34)
fi prekessio (physics term) · nl precessie (astronomical term) · ga luainíocht (astronomical term) · de Präzession (astronomical term) · de Präzession (physics term) · el μετάπτωση (physics term) · cmn 旋進 /旋进 (astronomical term) · fr précession (astronomical term) · fi etusija (precedence) · grc μετάπτωσις (physics term) · el μετάπτωση (astronomical term) · ru преце́ссия (astronomical term) · grc μετάπτωσις (astronomical term) · ja 首振り運動 (astronomical term) · es precesión (physics term) · ja 歳差 (astronomical term) · kk прецессия (astronomical term) · cs předcházení (precedence) · ru преце́ссия (physics term) · pl precesja (physics term) · no presesjon (physics term) · hu előrehaladás (állócsillagoké) (astronomical term) · ja 歳差運動 (astronomical term) · hu precesszió (astronomical term) · pl precesja (astronomical term) · cmn 歲差 /岁差 (astronomical term) · cmn 進動 /进动 (astronomical term) · ko 세차 (astronomical term) · fi prekessio (astronomical term) · cs precese (physics term) · nl precessie (physics term) · cs precese (astronomical term) · bg прецесия (astronomical term) · bg напредване (precedence)