English Explanatory Dictionary

axial precession

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gravity-induced, slow, and continuous change in the orientation of an astronomical body's rotational axis.

Word forms

axial precession axial precessions

Related words

precession of the equinoxes
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