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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: precession (of a rotating body)
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Definition: a conical motion of the axis of rotation of a rotating body about a direction fixed in relation to the stars, due to the application of an external force

NOTE – Precession of a rotating body should not be confused with precession of the orbit of a satellite.


Publication date:1994-08
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