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Precession

nounid 105270·updated May 18, 2026
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the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone

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precedenceprecedency
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Precessions
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Precession's
pluralpossessive
Precessions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
§2
the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone

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