precess
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[edit]precess (third-person singular simple present precesses, present participle precessing, simple past and past participle precessed)
- (of an axis of rotation) To have an angle that varies cyclically.
- (of a rotating object) To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses.
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[edit]to change in the orientation of the rotational axis of a rotating body