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precession::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | precedence, precedency |
| Type of | activity |
| Derivation | precede |
precession::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | motion |
Examples of precession
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The damping causes the precession to lag behind the moon as it orbits the earth.
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The theory of trepidation is presented by Theon as an alternative to precession.
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Hipparchus was to use this data to calculate the precession of the Earth's axis.
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J0737-3039 might be the only system that can test spin precession with eclipses.
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Another consequence of the rotation of a planet is the phenomenon of precession.
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Most ancient authors did not mention precession and perhaps did not know of it.
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The combined action of the Sun and the Moon is called the lunisolar precession.
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He suggests the cult may have been inspired by Hipparchus'discovery of precession.
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A gyroscope exhibits a number of behaviours including precession and nutation.
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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
- The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
- (precess) move in a gyrating fashion; "the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"
- Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotation axis of a rotating body. It can be defined as a change in direction of the rotation axis in which the second Euler angle (nutation) is constant. In physics, there are two types of precession: torque-free and torque-induced.
- Precession is the name given to the process of one part rotating with respect to another due to fretting between the two. It is described as "precession, in which a round object rolling in a circular ring in one direction will itself turn in the opposite direction. ...
- (precess) To have an angle that varies cyclically; To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses
- (Precess) A rotational motion of a vector about the axis of a coordinate system where the polar angle is fixed and the azmuthal angle changes steadily. [Chapter 3]
- (precess) A spinning body to which an outside force is applied will tend to rotate in a direction perpendicular to both the outside force and to its spin axis. This resultant rotation is called precession, a movement seen both in spinning tops and in planets (please see page 42 for more).
- The tendency of the Earth's axis to wobble in space over a period of 23,000 years. The Earth's precession is one of the factors that results in the planet receiving different amounts of solar energy over extended periods of time.
