precess

precess
a) To have an angle that varies cyclically.
b) To wobble; to rotate about an axis that precesses.
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  • precess — [prē ses′, prises′] vi. [back form. < PRECESSION] to move by precession …   English World dictionary

  • precess — verb Etymology: back formation from precession Date: 1892 intransitive verb to progress with a movement of precession transitive verb to cause to precess …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • precess — precession ► NOUN 1) the slow movement of the axis of a spinning body around another axis. 2) Astronomy the slow retrograde motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, resulting in the earlier occurrence of equinoxes each year.… …   English terms dictionary

  • precess — verb move in a gyrating fashion the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied • Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote • Verb Frames: Something s …   Useful english dictionary

  • precess — /pree ses /, v.i. Mech. to undergo precession (def. 2). [1890 95; back formation from PRECESSION] * * * …   Universalium

  • precess — v. precede, come before; advance, progress …   English contemporary dictionary

  • precess — pre·cess …   English syllables

  • precess — pre•cess [[t]priˈsɛs[/t]] v. i. mec to undergo precession …   From formal English to slang

  • precess — /prəˈsɛs/ (say pruh ses) verb (i) 1. to undergo precession (def. 3). –verb (t) 2. to cause to undergo precession. {Latin praecess , participial stem of praecēdere proceed} …  

  • Geometric phase — In mechanics (including classical mechanics as well as quantum mechanics), the Geometric phase, or the Pancharatnam Berry phase (named after S. Pancharatnam and Sir Michael Berry), also known as the Pancharatnam phase or Berry phase, is a phase… …   Wikipedia

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