Examples of 'precession' in a sentence

Meaning of "precession"

Precession refers to the act of preceding or going before, often used in relation to a formal procession or a sequence of events
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  • Precedence.
  • The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
  • 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.
  • Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.

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A consequence of the precession is a changing pole star.
Precession is also the mechanism behind gyrocompasses.
This is called perihelion precession or apsidal precession.
Precession diagram of a perovskite showing cubic symmetry.
Hipparchus discovers the precession of the equinoxes.
In the precession of the equinoxes and the.
Rotor tilt was controlled through gyroscopic precession.
But with a precession of slow frequency as well.
A gyroscope exhibits a number of behaviours including precession.
It was concocted on precession calculations of a very rough kind.
They knew about the equinoxes precession.
This is called the precession of the equinox made.
These dates will change with precession.
The direction of precession is opposite the direction of revolution.
It may be appropriate not to apply precession continuously.

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Take the precession of the equinoxes into account.
This is closely related to the precession of the axis.
A precession criterion is calculated and an alarm is set off.
All jerks accelerated precession for a short moment.
Milankovitch did not study apsidal precession.
He also worked out the precession of the equinoxes.
Conspire to amplify the effects of precession.
Make your own precession calculator.
This is called unbalanced gyroscope precession.
It is called the precession of the equinoxes.
This circular wobble is called precession.
See precession of the equinoxes.
This cycle is called the precession of the equinoxes.
Schiff precession is the usual name for this effect.
This phenomenon is called the precession of the equinoxes.
This precession movement is the result of two other processes.
Understanding the cause of precession is key.
Sort through your precession before you go apartment shopping.
It is all about the cycle of precession.
Creativity und precession in design.
We learn basically nothing about precession.
Understanding the cause of precession is key to understanding the cycle.
The amount of lean is referred to as the precession angle.
The precession frequency is therefore.
These movements are caused by the precession and nutation.
Precession and nutation of a gyroscope.
The most important of these is precession.
It is noted that the precession movement can be conducted in part.
We are getting a very large precession.
This precession has been used to compute the masses of the components.
This wobbling is called precession.
Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body.
This refers to the precession.
The sum of the two precessions is known as the general precession.
Spin coherence and precession.

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