The motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone.

Dutch: precessie
Polish: cykl precesyjny, precesja, ruch precesyjny

The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony).

synonyms: precedence, precedency.

Roget 116: priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence; precession etc. 280; precursor etc. 64; the past etc. 122; premises.    ... show more

Roget 280: precession, leading, heading; precedence etc. 62; priority etc. 116; the lead, le pas; van etc. (front) 234; precursor etc. 64.    ... show more

Roget 62: precedence; coming before etc. v.; the lead, le pas; superiority etc. 33; importance etc. 642; antecedence, antecedency^†; anteriority etc. (front) 234; precursor etc. 64; priority etc. 116; precession etc. 280; anteposition^†; epacme^†; preference.    ... show more

Dutch: precessie