Look up: retrograde

1. retrograde
   The rotation or orbital motion of an object in a clockwise direction when viewed from the north pole of the ecliptic ; moving in the opposite sense from the great majority of solar system bodies.
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2. retrograde
   The rotation or orbital motion of an object in a clockwise direction when viewed from the north pole of the ecliptic; moving in the opposite sense from the great majority of solar system bodies.
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3. Retrograde
   Orbit in which the spacecraft moves in the opposite direction from the planet's rotatation. See prograde.
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4. retrograde
   [adj] - (astronomy) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere 2. [adj] - of amnesia 3. [v] - move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies 4. [v] - move in a direction contrary to the usual one 5. [v] - move back 6. [v] - go back over
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5. Retrograde
   Rotation of a planet, or orbit, opposite to that normally seen.
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6. Retrograde
   The motion of a planet or other Solar System body in a clockwise direction. Most Solar System bodies orbit or rotate about their axes in an anti-clockwise direction when looked at from the north pole of the body or the Sun.
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7. retrograde
   satellite orbit such that the projection of the centre of mass of the satellite on to the principal reference plane revolves about the axis of the primary body in reverse direction to that in which the primary body rotates Category: News-systems and communications • westward motion as se...
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8. Retrograde
   Re'tro·grade adjective [ Latin retrogradus , from retrogradi , retrogressus , to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: confer French rétrograde . See Grade .] 1. (Astron.) Apparently...
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9. Retrograde
   Re'tro·grade intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Retrograded ; present participle & verbal noun Retrograding .] [ Latin retrogradare , retrogradi : confer French...
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10. retrograde
    1. Moving backward or against the usual direction of flow. ... 2. Degenerating, deteriorating or catabolic. ... Origin: L. Gradi = to step ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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11. retrograde
    retrogressive adjective going from better to worse
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12. retrograde
    adjective of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
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13. retrograde
    (ret´ro-grād) moving backward or against the usual direction of flow. degenerating, deteriorating, or catabolic.
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14. Retrograde
    • (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive. • (v. i.) Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence. • (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to mov...
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15. retrograde
    (retro- + L. gradi to step) 1. moving backward or against the usual direction of flow. 2. degenerating, deteriorating, or catabolic.
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16. retrograde
    (motion) That which is contrary to the usual sense. More specifically, rotation or orbital motion in a clockwise direction when viewed from above the north pole of the primary (i.e. in the opposite sense to most satellites); the opposite of direct motion. The north pole is the o...
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17. retrograde
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ret′rō-grād Definitions: 1. Moving backward. 2. Degenerating; reversing the normal order of growth and development. 3. Used in neuroscience to describe distal-proximal flow, movement, or transport in an axon toward its cell body, or degeneration of an axon p...
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18. RETROGRADE
    Backward.
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19. Retrograde
    [music] A musical line which is the reverse of a previously or simultaneously stated line is said to be its retrograde or cancrizans ("walking backward", medieval Latin, from cancer, crab). An exact retrograde includes both the pitches and rhythms in reverse. An even more exact retrograde re...
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