Precession Synonyms

prē-sĕshən
The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. precedence
  2. precedency

Words Related to Precession

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. nutation
  2. precess
  3. doppler effect
  4. fixed-stars
  5. sidereal
  6. obliquity
  7. perihelion

Precession Sentence Examples

  • The laws of motion of the ecliptic and equator are stated in the article Precession Of The Equinoxes.

  • Its steady retrogression among the stars became manifest to him in 130 B.C., on comparing his own observations with those made by Timocharis a century and a half earlier; and he estimated at not less than 36" (the true value being so") the annual amount of " precession."

  • Apply these equations to the motion of symmetrical rotors, to explain the phenomena of precession, nutation and the rate gyroscope.

  • Precession The axis of rotation also precession The axis of rotation also precesses, that is it describes a circle in the sky every 51 000 years.

  • The displacement of the position of the First Point of Aries with time is called the precession of the equinox.

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