Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - precession
Precession
precession
n. the slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis. Phrases and idioms precession of the equinoxes 1 the slow retrograde motion of equinoctial points along the ecliptic. 2 the resulting earlier occurrence of equinoxes in each successive sidereal year. Derivatives precessional adj. Etymology: LL praecessio (as PRECEDE)
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noun Etymology: New Latin praecession-, praecessio, from Medieval Latin, act of preceding, from Latin praecedere to precede Date: 1879 a comparatively slow gyration of the rotation axis of a spinning body about another line intersecting it so as to describe a cone, ~al adjective ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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