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precess

precess verb: to have an angle that varies cyclically.

Verb

precess (third-person singular simple present precesses, present participle precessing, simple past and past participle precessed)

  1. To have an angle that varies cyclically.
  2. To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses.

Forms of precess

third-person singular presentprecesses
present participleprecessing
past participleprecessed
pastprecessed

Words formed from precess

Questions about precess

What does precess mean?
Precess means to have an angle that varies cyclically.
What part of speech is precess?
Precess is a verb.
What is the past tense of precess?
The past tense of precess is precessed.

Words near precess in the dictionary

  1. precertified
  2. precertifies
  3. precertify
  4. precertifying
  5. preces
  6. precess
  7. precessed
  8. precesses
  9. precessing
  10. precession
  11. precession of the equinoxes

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