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precession

英 [prɪ'seʃ(ə)n] 美[prɪ'sɛʃən]
  • n. 岁差(等于precession of the equinoxes);先行;优先

英英释意


1. the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
2. the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)