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Astronomy. The slow retrograde motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, resulting in the earlier occurrence of the equinoxes in each…
The action or fact of receding or moving away. Astronomy. = precession, n.2 1a. Chiefly in recession of the equinoxes (cf. precession of the equinoxes…
Astronomy and Astrology. = precession, n.2 1a.