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Definition of Precessions
1. precession [n] - See also: precession
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precessions
Literary usage of Precessions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Results of Meteorological Observations Made at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford by Radcliffe Observatory (1868)
"The precessions in KA for stars in the Nautical Almanac List are taken from ...
These precessions are marked with an asterisk. For stars included in the ..."
2. Publications of the Washburn Observatory of the University of Wisconsin by Washburn Observatory, Edward Singleton Holden, John Eugene Davies, George Cary Comstock (1884)
"Within the limits of declination ± 20° the precessions in RA were copied from the
... The remainder of the precessions were computed from the formulae, ..."
3. A Treatise on Gyrostatics and Rotational Motion: Theory and Applications by Andrew Gray (1918)
"... precessions in i/citt-rtif nisi'. In any case of steady motion there are two
possible processional motions for the same spin and the same inclination of ..."
4. A Compendium of Spherical Astronomy with Its Applications to the by Simon Newcomb (1906)
"Reduction of Struve-Peters Centennial precessions to the Adopted Values. Ap«= -
0'035 s. sin a tan S - 0'038 s. Ap8 = -0" -53 cos a. TABLE XVIII. ..."
5. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign by George Gatfield (1892)
"Ceremonials, precessions, ano tournaments. Catalogue of a Collection of Works on
Pageantry, bequeathed to the Society of Antiquaries of London, ..."
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