Retrograde

Meaning

Adj

●

Directed or

the

or

of

; retreating.

●

Reverting to an

or less developed state;

, regressing.

●

In Zoology:

Reverting to an

or less developed state;

, regressing.

Of an

:

to

to a less developed form during its lifetime.

●

Of the order of something:

, reverse.

●

In Music:

Of the order of something:

, reverse.

Having a

of

backwards.

●

Of

or a person:

social

,

the

of the

; conservative.

●

Involving a

to or a

of a

of travel.

●

Counterproductive to a

;

, contrary.

●

In Astronomy:

Of a

another: in the

to the

body's spin.

●

In Astrology & Astronomy:

Of a

: seeming to

across the

in the

from its

ment.

●

In Geology:

Of a

change:

from a

in

or temperature.

●

In Medicine:

Of

:

to the

the

which

it.

●

In Poetry:

Of

:

the same

or

; palindromic.

Adv

●

In a

; backwards.

Noun

●

A

or

to the

or

motion.

●

In Astrology:

A

or

to the

or

motion.

The

of a

across the

in the

from its

.

●

One who

social

,

the

of the

; a conservative.

●

One who

on an

, or

; a

, a renegade.

●

In Music:

The

of a

so that what is

first in the

is

last, and what is

last in the

is

first.

Verb

●

In Geography:

To cause (a

such as a

or

) to

, that is, to

in the

of the

or

due to erosion.

●

In Geology:

To change (minerals,

, etc.)

metamorphically

through a

in

or temperature.

●

To cause (someone

) to

to an

or less developed state.

●

To

to an

or less developed state; to

, to regress.

●

In Astrology & Astronomy:

Of a

, especially a

: to show

; to seem to

across the

in the

from its

ment.

●

In Geography:

Of a

: to

in the

of the

or

due to erosion.

●

In Military:

To

or

from a position.

●

To

; to recede.

●

Of the

of an

, etc.: to

to an

time.

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