"precession" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-precession.wav Forms: precessions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English precessioun, precession, from Medieval Latin prēcessiōn-, prēcessio, from Latin praecēdō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|precessioun}} Middle English precessioun, {{der|en|ML.|praecessio|prēcessiōn-, prēcessio}} Medieval Latin prēcessiōn-, prēcessio, {{der|en|la|praecēdō}} Latin praecēdō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} precession (countable and uncountable, plural precessions)
  1. (uncountable) Precedence. Tags: uncountable Translations (precedence): напредване (napredvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), předcházení [neuter] (Czech), etusija (Finnish)
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  2. (physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics term): μετάπτωσις (metáptōsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), precese [feminine] (Czech), precessie [feminine] (Dutch), prekessio (Finnish), Präzession [feminine] (German), μετάπτωση (metáptosi) [feminine] (Greek), presesjon [masculine] (Norwegian), precesja [feminine] (Polish), преце́ссия (precéssija) [feminine] (Russian), precesión (Spanish)
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  3. (astronomy, uncountable) The slow gyration of the earth's axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-precession-en-noun-2ga8-11Q Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 8 34 33 25 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  4. Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (astronomical term): μετάπτωσις (metáptōsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), прецесия (precesija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 進動 (Chinese Mandarin), 进动 (jìndòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 旋進 (Chinese Mandarin), 旋进 (xuánjìn) (Chinese Mandarin), 歲差 (Chinese Mandarin), 岁差 (suìchā) (Chinese Mandarin), precese [feminine] (Czech), precessie [feminine] (Dutch), prekessio (Finnish), précession [feminine] (French), Präzession [feminine] (German), μετάπτωση (metáptosi) [feminine] (Greek), precesszió (Hungarian), előrehaladás (állócsillagoké) (Hungarian), luainíocht [feminine] (Irish), 歳差 (saisa) (alt: さいさ) (Japanese), 歳差運動 (saisa undou) (Japanese), 首振り運動 (kubifuri undou) (Japanese), прецессия (presessiä) (Kazakh), 세차 (secha) (alt: 歲差) (Korean), precesja [feminine] (Polish), преце́ссия (precéssija) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-precession-en-noun-qih08aTq Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 8 34 33 25 Disambiguation of 'astronomical term': 0 15 27 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præcession [obsolete] Hyponyms: apsidal precession, axial precession, Larmor precession, Lense-Thirring precession, orbital precession, perihelion precession, precession of the ecliptic, precession of the equinoxes Related terms: precess

Inflected forms

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