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Word: precession
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Noun:
- astronomy|uncountable The slow gyration of the earth?s axis around the pole of the ecliptic, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon.
- physics|countable The wobbling motion of the axis of a spinning body when there is an external force acting on the axis.
- uncountable precedence
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