precession
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
Types & categories
- activity hypernym
Related & opposite
- precede derivation
- come before derivation
- predate derivation
- predate derivation
- precedent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precede |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | come before |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | predate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | precedent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | activity |