| 单词 | precession of the equinoxes |
| 释义 | precession of the equinoxesnounthe earlier occurrence of the equinoxes in each successive sidereal year because of the slow retrograde motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, caused by the precession of the earth's axis of rotation; a complete precession of the equinoxes requires about 25,800 years. the resulting drift of celestial coordinates with respect to the positions of celestial objects. Origin of precession of the equinoxesFirst recorded in 1615–25 Words nearby precession of the equinoxespreceptory, preceptress, preceramic, precess, precession, precession of the equinoxes, pre-Christian, pre-Christmas, précieuse, précieux, precinct Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for precession of the equinoxesprecession of the equinoxes nounthe slightly earlier occurrence of the equinoxes each year due to the slow continuous westward shift of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic by 50 seconds of arc per year. It is caused by the precession of the earth's axis around the ecliptic pole, with a period of 25 800 years Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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