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precession

precession noun: precedence.

Noun

precession (countable and uncountable, plural precessions)

  1. (uncountable) Precedence.
    • But as it will not do to talk entirely at random, as Montaigne does, and Ralph Waldo Emerson tries to do, we must take up some little thread or threads. and string our thoughts thereupon, keeping up also a relation among them of precession and succession.
  2. (countable) The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
  3. (uncountable) The slow gyration of the earth's axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational torque of the sun and moon.
  4. Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.

precession meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit

precession in Tamil

பின்னகர்ச்சி, அச்சுச் சுழலோட்டம், அச்சுச் சுழற்சி, அச்சலைவு, முந்துகை, முன்செலவம்

precession in Sanskrit

precession
अयन áyana

Forms of precession

pluralprecessions
alternative form (obsolete)præcession

Origin of precession

From Middle English precessioun, precession, from Medieval Latin prēcessiōn-, prēcessio, from Latin praecēdō.

Words formed from precession

Phrases with precession

Questions about precession

What does precession mean?
Precession means precedence.
What is precession in Tamil?
Precession in Tamil is பின்னகர்ச்சி, அச்சுச் சுழலோட்டம், அச்சுச் சுழற்சி. See Precession meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is precession?
Precession is a noun.
What is the plural of precession?
The plural of precession is precessions.

Words near precession in the dictionary

  1. preces
  2. precess
  3. precessed
  4. precesses
  5. precessing
  6. precession
  7. precession of the equinoxes
  8. precessional
  9. precessionally
  10. precessions
  11. precessions of the equinoxes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precession (page history and authors); precession (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अयन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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