Associations to the word «Precession»
Noun
- Eccentricity
- Zodiac
- Tilt
- Relativity
- Torque
- Axis
- Rotation
- Perturbation
- Orbit
- Ptolemy
- Constellation
- Spin
- Oscillation
- Resonance
- Sitter
- Equator
- Pendulum
- Horus
- Astronomy
- Kepler
- Inertia
- Diffraction
- Astrology
- Dipole
- Bulge
- Proton
- Mercury
- Polarization
- Longitude
- Astronomer
- Cycle
- Epoch
- Neutron
- Phenomenon
- Yr
- Frequency
- Coherence
- Deluge
- Pole
- Einstein
- Motion
- Succession
- Euler
- Constant
- Amplitude
- Mechanics
- Newton
- Inclination
- Variability
- Theta
- Tracer
- Mx
- Correction
- Orientation
- Hemisphere
- Earth
- Electron
- Mri
- Momentum
- Latitude
- Velocity
- Nucleus
- Vector
- Trajectory
- Fallout
- Orion
- Monsoon
- Saturn
- Ascension
- Optic
Adjective
Wiktionary
PRECESSION, noun. (uncountable) precedence
PRECESSION, noun. (physics) (countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
PRECESSION, noun. (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.
PRECESSION, noun. Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.
PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES, noun. The slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic, resulting from precession of the earth's axis of rotation, and causing the equinoxes to occur earlier each year
Dictionary definition
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.
PRECESSION, noun. The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.