Definition of Precessional. Meaning of Precessional. Synonyms of Precessional

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Definition of Precessional

Precessional
Precessional Pre*ces"sion*al, a. Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.

Meaning of Precessional from wikipedia

- stars. The precessional eras of each constellation, often known as "Great Months", are given, approximately, in the table below: The precession of the equinoxes...
- or precession of the equator. Earth goes through one such complete precessional cycle in a period of approximately 26,000 years or 1° every 72 years...
- normal rules of precession followed by spinning objects. In addition, the orbit of the Moon undergoes two important types of precessional motion: apsidal...
- is constant Precession may refer to: Precession, one of the Euler rotations Axial precession or precession of the equinoxes, the precession of the Earth's...
- In physics, Larmor precession (named after Joseph Larmor) is the precession of the magnetic moment of an object about an external magnetic field. The phenomenon...
- In celestial mechanics, orbital precession may refer to: Apsidal precession, where the major axis of an elliptical orbit cycles its orientation within...
- In celestial mechanics, apsidal precession (or apsidal advance) is the precession (gradual rotation) of the line connecting the apsides (line of apsides)...
- Phase precession is a neurophysiological process in which the time of firing of action potentials by individual neurons occurs progressively earlier in...
- Nodal precession is the precession of the orbital plane of a satellite around the rotational axis of an astronomical body such as Earth. This precession is...
- corrections to the Newtonian precession, of a gyroscope near a large m**** such as the earth. They are: Thomas precession a special relativistic correction...