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precession
 
Noun precession has 2 senses
  1. precession - the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
    --1 is a kind of     motion
  2. precession, precedence, precedency - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
    --2 is a kind of activity
    Derived forms: verb precede2, verb precede1, verb precede3
preceptible preception preceptive preceptor preceptorship precepts precesion precess precession precession of the equinoxes precessive precessor precheck precher prechiate prechlorination preci

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