Retrograde
Retrograde ( regressive ',' counter ', defer or laid back ', from Latin retro, back, backward ' and gradus, step '), and partly also retrogradation has different meanings:
- Astronomy: objects that move in a rotating system against the main direction of rotation, act retrogradely to see prograde and retrograde
- Accounting: see Retrograde Review
- Production Economics: see Retrograde determining consumption
- Medicine in general: from the rear or against the natural flow or direction of engagement, see the course descriptions
- Dentistry: retrograde root filling, a seal of the root canal at the apex of the tooth
- Neuropsychology: memory loss for a certain period, before a particular event, see Retrograde amnesia
- Chronometry: declining pointer at a clock, see Retrograde Clock
- Geology: metamorphism under loss of pressure and temperature, see retrograde metamorphism or Diaphthorese
- Chemistry: the regression of previously gelatinized starch, see retrogradation (chemistry)
See also:
- Disambiguation