TREPIDATION OF THE FIXED STARS
\tɹˌɛpɪdˈe͡ɪʃən ɒvðə fˈɪkst stˈɑːz], \tɹˌɛpɪdˈeɪʃən ɒvðə fˈɪkst stˈɑːz], \t_ɹ_ˌɛ_p_ɪ_d_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n ɒ_v_ð_ə f_ˈɪ_k_s_t s_t_ˈɑː_z]\
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(Astron.) An imaginary movement of the sphere of the fixed stars, in virtue of which it was supposed that the equinoctial points described circles of about 8 in radius about fixed points ; invented by an Arabian astronomer (Arzachel) to account for the apparent changes in the position of the stars, which he thought were not sufficiently accounted for by a uniform precession of the equinoctial points.
By Henry Percy Smith
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