Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun precession

2 senses of precession

Sense 1
precession -- (the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone)
       => motion -- (a state of change; "they were in a state of steady motion")

Sense 2
precession, precedence, precedency -- (the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony))
       => activity -- (any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity")