toplike
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Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
toplike (comparative more toplike, superlative most toplike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a spinning top.
- 2015, Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman, The Solar System:
- Later astronomers understood that this motion is caused by a toplike motion of Earth known as precession. If you have ever played with a gyroscope or top, you have seen how the spinning mass resists any sudden change in the direction of its axis of rotation.