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precession meaning in Sanskrit

अयन áyana

precession in Sanskrit: अयन (áyana). In English, precession means precedence.

Sanskrit words for precession

precession
अयन áyana

English meaning of precession

  1. noun Precedence.
  2. noun The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
  3. noun 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. noun Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.

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Questions about precession in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of precession in Sanskrit?
Precession in Sanskrit is अयन (áyana).
precession इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Precession: अयन (áyana).
What does precession mean in English?
Precession means precedence.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “precession”: अयन. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: precession (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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