Definisjon av precession

Vi fant 7 definisjoner av precessionengelsk.

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Noun

precession - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
precedence, precedency
activity any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
precession - the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
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Substantiv

precession - precedence.
precession - The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
precession - 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.
precession - Any of several slow changes in an astronomical body's rotational or orbital parameters.

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  • Precession is a change in the orientation of the rotation axis of a rotating body. It can be defined as a change in direction of the rotation axis in which the second Euler angle is constant. In physics, there are two types of precession: torque-free and torque-induced.

Substantiv

  • Entall: precession
  • Flertall: precessions

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