(uncountable) Precedence. / (physics, countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.

plural of precession

(of an axis of rotation) To have an angle that varies cyclically. / (of a rotating object) To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses.

present participle of precess

simple past tense and past participle of precess

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precess

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

(physics) The precession of the motion of charged particles, or particles having a magnetic moment, in a magnetic field.

plural of precession of the equinoxes

Of or pertaining to precession.