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Definition of Precessed
1. precess [v] - See also: precess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precessed
Literary usage of Precessed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Astronomical Manuscripts Preserved by David Edwin Pingree (2003)
"... precessed to 1726, are in the Pundarika collection. Of course the precessed
star-catalogue of Ulugh Beg was incorporated into the Persian Zij i Muhammad ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Astronomical Manuscripts Preserved by David Edwin Pingree (2003)
"... precessed to 1726, are in the Pundarika collection. Of course the precessed
star-catalogue of Ulugh Beg was incorporated into the Persian Zij i Muhammad ..."
3. Spinning Tops: The "Operatives' Lecture" of the British Association Meeting by John Perry (1890)
"Now in about 13000 years the earth will have precessed just half a revolution (see
Fig. 38) ; the axis will then be sloped towards the sun when it is ..."
4. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1899)
"12 showed a view on the plane OX OZ — viz., a plan, the top having precessed
through a certain angle from its position in F'ig. 11. ..."
5. The Works of the English Reformers: William Tyndale and John Frith by William Tyndale, John Frith, Thomas Russell (1831)
"... vj. chiefly of all this warning precessed (in my judgment) all other words,
where he exhorted us, while we had light to believe in the light, ..."
6. Practical Gyrostatic Balancing by Herbert Chatley (1912)
"As soon as the latter value is reached the rollers are forcibly precessed, and
there is a counter- torque of 1750 foot-lbs., or a net torque of 50 foot- ..."
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