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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Dynamics (mechanics), Earth, Precession
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precession  Planetary precession  Precession of Perihelion  Precession of the Earth  Astronomical precession
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The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone WordNet 3.0
English:
astronomy
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The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body. Wikipedia
Periodic change in the direction of a rotation axis Wikidata
The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis. Wiktionary
IS A
motion
rotation
PART OF
classical mechanics
HAS KIND
Lense–Thirring precession
nodal precession
Larmor precession
precession of the equinoxes
apsidal precession
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HAS INSTANCE
precession of the equinoxes
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Astronomical precession, Discovery of precession, Equinoctial precession, free precession, general precession, General precession in longitude, Geometric precession, gyroscopic precession, lunisolar precession, Orbital Precession, Percession, Planetary precession, Planetary Precession, precess, precessed, precessing, Precession (astronomy), Precession of perihelion, Precession of Perihelion, Precession of the axis, Precession of the earth, Precession of the Earth, Procession of the equinox, Stellar precession, torque-free precession, Torque-induced precession

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