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Subject | is a kind of | has definition |
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motion | physical process | Process of passing through space or changing position |
advance of the perihelion | motion | The slow rotation of the major axis of a planet's orbit in the same direction as the revolution of the planet itself, due to gravitational interactions with other planets and/or other effects (such as those due to general relativity). |
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