"precess" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: precesses [present, singular, third-person], precessing [participle, present], precessed [participle, past], precessed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} precess (third-person singular simple present precesses, present participle precessing, simple past and past participle precessed)
  1. (of an axis of rotation) To have an angle that varies cyclically.
    Sense id: en-precess-en-verb-5azfgnmx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (of a rotating object) To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses. Translations (to change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body): μεταπίπτω (metapípto) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-precess-en-verb-weU586lt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: precession

Inflected forms

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