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precess
[ pree-ses ]
precess
/ ɪˈɛ /
verb
- to undergo or cause to undergo precession
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of precess1
First recorded in 1890–95; back formation from precession
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Frame-dragging makes the entire disk wobble in circles, similar to how a gyroscope precesses.
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Through a process known as frame-dragging, the black hole causes the disk’s axis of rotation to swing round, or “precess.”
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At the same time, this magnetic field causes the spin of the muons to precess smoothly like a gyroscope, as the particles travel around the ring, but with a small wobble.
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A vertical magnetic field bends their trajectories around the ring and also makes their spin axis twirl, or precess, like a wobbling gyroscope.
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These beams precess like a gyroscope, periodically entering Earth’s field of view.
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