retrogradation

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(re′trō grā dāshən)


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ret•ro•gra•da•tion  (re′trō grā dāshən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. backward movement.
  2. decline or deterioration.
  • Late Latin retrōgradātiōn- (stem of retrōgradātiō), probably equivalent. to Latin retrōgrad(us) retrograde + -ātiō -ation, as translation of Greek anapodismós
  • 1545–55;
ret•ro•gra•da•to•ry  (re′trə grādə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation adj. 
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