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noun - the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
noun - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
The act or state of preceding; precedence.
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the slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis due to a torque (such as gravitational influence) acting to change the direction of the first axis. It is seen in the circle slowly traced out by the pole of a spinning gyroscope. |
the slow and continuous change in the rotation ( movement around a fixed point) of a planet, star, etc. that is spinning around another planet, star, etc. |
The slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis due to a torque (such as gravitational influence) acting to change the direction of the first axis. It is seen in the circle slowly traced out by the pole of a spinning gyroscope. |
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) |
the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone |
The act or state of preceding precedence. |
Physics The motion of the axis of a spinning body, such as the wobble of a spinning top, when there is an external force acting on the axis. |
Astronomy Precession of the equinoxes. |
Astronomy A slow gyration of the earth's axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the sun, moon, and other planets on the earth's equatorial bulge. |
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Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body. In an appropriate reference frame it can be defined as a change in the first Euler angle, whereas the third Euler angle defines the rotation itself. In other words, if the axis of rotation of a body is itself rotating about a second axis, that body is said to be precessing about the second axis. A motion in which the second Euler angle changes is called nutation. In physics, there are two types of precession: torque-free and torque-induced. * In astronomy, precession refers to any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters. An important example is the steady change in the orientation of the axis of rotation of the Earth, known as the precession of the equinoxes. |