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Definition of Precess
1. Verb. Move in a gyrating fashion. "The poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied"
Definition of Precess
1. Verb. (context: of an axis of rotation) To have an angle that varies cyclically. ¹
2. Verb. (context: of a rotating object) To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Precess
1. to rotate with a complex motion [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precess
Literary usage of Precess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dynamics of Rotation: An Elementary Introduction to Rigid Dynamics by Arthur Mason Worthington (1892)
"Calculation of the ' Effort to precess.'—We saw, in Experiments 9 and 10, that
when precession is prevented an ' effort to precess ' is exerted by the ..."
2. Publications by Scottish History Society, Dorset Record Society (1905)
"Present Robertt Blackwood, Duncan McIntosh, John Little and Hugh Blaire. James Row
out of town. Chosen precess Robertt Blackwood. 207. ..."
3. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"As a result, when a magnetic field is applied, they do not immediately line up
with it, but instead precess around the direction of the field like little ..."
4. The Records of a Scottish Cloth Manufactory at New Mills, Haddingtonshire by William Robert Scott (1905)
"Present Robertt Blackwood, Duncan Mclntosh, John Little and Hugh Blaire. James Row
out of town. Chosen precess Robertt Blackwood. 207. ..."
5. Transactions of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (1899)
"The system obeys this effort to precess, and makes a small movement towards the
position in ... In the new position there is still an effort to precess, ..."
6. The Elements of Geodetic Astronomy: For Civil Engineers by Henry Curwen Lord (1904)
"If so, our top tells us that the earth's axis must precess. The earth is an
ellipsoid of revolution revolving about the minor axis. In FIG. ..."
7. Forest Products Statistics by New York Paper, Paper, New York, United States (1905)
"Present Robertt Blackwood, Duncan M°Intosh, John Little and Hugh Blaire. James Row
out of town. Chosen precess Robertt Blackwood. 207. ..."
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