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Definition of the day : « precession »
- As in precedence : noun highest in rank; first in order
- As in precedency : noun precedence
- It is as much outside 97 our control as the precession of the equinoxes.
- Extract from : « Waiting for Daylight » by Henry Major Tomlinson
- If the earth were a perfect sphere, precession would be inexplicable.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Heavens » by Robert Stawell Ball
- In fact he had discovered the physical cause of that precession.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
- Of these the principal are devoted to the effect of precession.
- Extract from : « The Royal Observatory Greenwich » by E. Walter (Edwared Walter) Maunder
- Its movement we see in the heavens in the precession of the equinoxes.
- Extract from : « Everyday Objects » by W. H. Davenport Adams
- Making proper allowance for the precession of the equinoxes.
- Extract from : « Comets and Meteors » by Daniel Kirkwood
- He knows about as much about mining as a hog does about the precession of the equinox.
- Extract from : « Shadow Mountain » by Dane Coolidge
- Hurry on the precession, and the body rises in opposition to gravity.
- Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
- The motion of a rifle bullet is therefore one of precession about the tangent to the path.
- Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry
- If this rule is right, we see at once why precession takes place.
- Extract from : « Spinning Tops » by John Perry