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Noun: precession  pree'seshun [N. Amer], pri'seshun [Brit]
  1. The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
     
  2. The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
    - precedence, precedency

Derived forms: precessions

See also: precede

Type of: activity, motion

Encyclopedia: Precession

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