precession.
(Of thelat.)(do dopraecess? o,-? nis).
1. f. Ret. Figure of speech that is left incomplete phrase so that it sobrentienda.
1. f. Astr. Retrograde motion of the equinoctial points or intersection of the Ecuador with the ecliptic, in virtue of which times of the equinoxes, or the principle of the stations are anticipating.