"Lense-Thirring precession" meaning in English

See Lense-Thirring precession in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Lense-Thirring precessions [plural]
Etymology: Named after Josef Lense and Hans Thirring. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} Lense-Thirring precession (usually uncountable, plural Lense-Thirring precessions)
  1. (physics) In general relativity, a relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope near a large rotating mass such as the Earth. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: Lense-Thirring effect
    Sense id: en-Lense-Thirring_precession-en-noun-rpqEcSJr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Named after Josef Lense and Hans Thirring.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lense-Thirring precessions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Lense-Thirring precession (usually uncountable, plural Lense-Thirring precessions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "en:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In general relativity, a relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope near a large rotating mass such as the Earth."
      ],
      "id": "en-Lense-Thirring_precession-en-noun-rpqEcSJr",
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "general relativity",
          "general relativity"
        ],
        [
          "relativistic",
          "relativistic"
        ],
        [
          "correction",
          "correction"
        ],
        [
          "precession",
          "precession"
        ],
        [
          "gyroscope",
          "gyroscope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) In general relativity, a relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope near a large rotating mass such as the Earth."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Lense-Thirring effect"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lense-Thirring precession"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Named after Josef Lense and Hans Thirring.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Lense-Thirring precessions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-",
        "2": "s"
      },
      "expansion": "Lense-Thirring precession (usually uncountable, plural Lense-Thirring precessions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Physics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In general relativity, a relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope near a large rotating mass such as the Earth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physics",
          "physics"
        ],
        [
          "general relativity",
          "general relativity"
        ],
        [
          "relativistic",
          "relativistic"
        ],
        [
          "correction",
          "correction"
        ],
        [
          "precession",
          "precession"
        ],
        [
          "gyroscope",
          "gyroscope"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(physics) In general relativity, a relativistic correction to the precession of a gyroscope near a large rotating mass such as the Earth."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Lense-Thirring effect"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Lense-Thirring precession"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Lense-Thirring precession meaning in English (1.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (e4a2c88 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.