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- English Word Retroduction Definition A leading or bringing back.
- English Word Retroflex Definition Alt. of Retroflexed
- English Word Retroflexed Definition Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.
- English Word Retroflexion Definition The act of reflexing; the state of being retroflexed. Cf. Retroversion.
- English Word Retrofract Definition Alt. of Retrofracted
- English Word Retrofracted Definition Refracted; as, a retrofract stem.
- English Word Retrogenerative Definition Begetting young by retrocopulation.
- English Word Retrogradation Definition The act of retrograding, or moving backward.
- English Word Retrogradation Definition The state of being retrograde; decline.
- English Word Retrograde Definition Apparently moving backward, and contrary to the succession of the signs, that is, from east to west, as a planet.
- English Word Retrograde Definition Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.
- English Word Retrograde Definition Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
- English Word Retrograde Definition To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
- English Word Retrograde Definition Hence, to decline from a better to a worse condition, as in morals or intelligence.
- English Word Retrograded Definition of Retrograde
- English Word Retrograding Definition of Retrograde
- English Word Retrogradingly Definition By retrograding; so as to retrograde.
- English Word Retrogress Definition Retrogression.
- English Word Retrogression Definition The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
- English Word Retrogression Definition Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.