Found 2 items, similar to Retrograde.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: retrograde 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: 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: retreat] 4: go back over; “retrograde arguments” [syn: rehash, hash over ] 5: get worse; fall back to a previous or worse condition [syn: regress, retrogress] [ant: progress]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Retrograde Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, a. [L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. r['e]trograde. See Grade.] 1. (Astron.) Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet. --Hutton. [1913 Webster] And if he be in the west side in that condition, then is he retrograde. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive. “Progressive and not retrograde.” --Bacon. [1913 Webster] It is most retrograde to our desire. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Retrograde \Re"tro*grade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retrograded; p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding.] [L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. r['e]trograder.] 1. To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence. [1913 Webster]