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The slow rotation of the symmetry axis (which is also the axis of rotation) of a rapidly spinning symmetric object.

See the worked example spinning top for an illustration and explanation of precession due to an applied torque. Precession can also occur in the absence of an external torque, and this is called (naturally enough), torque-free precession.