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retrogradation
  1. Motion in a retrograde manner.
  2. Decline, degradation.
  3. (chemistry) A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Limestone deposition will then result by retrogradation from the adjoining shelf during continuous transgression.”
      “Moreover, the distance that the planet travels between one retrogradation and the next is quite variable.”
      “Starch retrogradation, the cause of ordinary texture staling of the crumb, can be slowed by the addition of certain compounds to the dough.”
retrograde
  1. A degenerate person.
  2. (music) The reversal of a melody so that what is played first in the original melody is played last and what is played last in the original melody is played first.
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retrogression
  1. A deterioration or decline to a previous state.
  2. (biology) A return to a less complex condition.
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    1. “The country's political unrest resulted in a retrogression, as it regressed back to a time of authoritative rule and suppression of basic rights.”
      “The prolonged economic stagnation led to a retrogression, as the country reverted to levels of poverty not seen in decades.”
      “Our epoch is characterized by startling advances on the one hand and conditions of extreme socioeconomic retrogression and distress on the other.”
retrogradeness
  1. Quality of being retrograde.
retrogradations
retrogressions
retrogrades
  1. plural of retrograde
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    1. “As a consequence, for several decades now, the only students being taught this old style are the retrogrades, the people who are holding out in some way.”
      “For forty days at a time, Venus reverses direction as seen against the stars, so that it retrogrades over the same part of the zodiac every eight years.”
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