precess

English

Verb

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

(of an axis of rotation) To have an angle that varies cyclically.
(of a rotating object) To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses.

Related terms

precession

Translations

to change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body

Greek: μεταπίπτω (el) (metapípto)

Anagrams

respecs

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