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geodetic precession (s) (noun), geodetic precessions (pl)
In physics, the movement of the axis of a spinning gyro in orbit around a heavenly body which is caused by the curvature of space: Geodetic precession describes the curvature of spacetime, predicted by general relativity, on a vector carried along with an orbiting body.
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