VDict - Definition of precession

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precession

Noun

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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precession precession of the equinoxes
Words contain "precession" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
precession of the equinoxes hipparchus great year platonic year precession