PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES

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 I. (noun) 

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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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