- precession - the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
--1 is a kind of motion
- precession, precedence, precedency - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
--2 is a kind of activity
Derived forms: verb precede2, verb precede1, verb precede3 - precession, precedence, precedency - the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)