precession
1. the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone • Hypernyms: motion 2. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony) • Syn: precedence, precedency • Derivationally related forms: precedent (for: precedency), precede (for: precedency), precedent (for: precedence), precede (for: precedence), precede • Hypernyms: activity
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