retrograde
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Definition of retrograde:
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" move back; "The glacier retrogrades" go back over; "retrograde arguments" get worse or fall back to a previous condition moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma going from better to worse moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction |