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| | retrogradation | (รีโทรเกรเด'เชิน) n. การถอยหลัง, การเสื่อม, การโคจรกลับ, See also: retrogradatory, Syn. withdrawal | | retrograde | (รี'ทระเกรด) v., adj. ถอยหลัง, ปลดเกษียณ, เสื่อมลง, โคจรกลับ |
| | retrograde | (vi) ถอยหลังเข้าคลอง, เสื่อมลง, โคจรกลับ, ล่าถอย |
| | | | | Retrogradation | n. [ F. rétrogradation or L. retrogradatio. See Retrograde. ] 1. The act of retrograding, or moving backward. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The state of being retrograde; decline. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Retrograde | a. [ L. retrogradus, from retrogradi, retrogressus, to retrograde; retro back + gradi to step: cf. F. rétrograde. 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 | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Retrograded p. pr. & vb. n. Retrograding. ] [ L. retrogradare, retrogradi: cf. F. rétrograder. ] 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 ] | | Retrogradingly | adv. By retrograding; so as to retrograde. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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