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Meaning of retrograde
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
retrograde
adj 1: moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for
planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that
of the Earth [ant: {direct}]
2: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma [ant:
{anterograde}]
3: going from better to worse [syn: {retrograde},
{retrogressive}]
4: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or
contrary to a previous direction [syn: {retral},
{retrograde}]
v 1: move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
2: move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding
planets"
3: move back; "The glacier retrogrades" [syn: {retrograde},
{retreat}]
4: go back over; "retrograde arguments" [syn: {retrograde},
{rehash}, {hash over}]
5: get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn:
{regress}, {retrograde}, {retrogress}] [ant: {advance}, {come
along}, {come on}, {get along}, {get on}, {progress}, {shape
up}]
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