PRECESSION


Meaning of PRECESSION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪˈseʃən ]

n. the slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis. øprecession 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. øøprecessional adj. [LL praecessio (as PRECEDE)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.