toplike
adjEtymology From top + -like.
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Resembling or characteristic of a spinning top.
- 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.2015, Michael A. Seeds, Dana Backman, The Solar System: