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PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slow westward shift of the equinoxes along the plane of the ecliptic caused by precession of the Earth's axis of rotation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("precession of the equinoxes" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
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