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Meanings of retrograde motion in English

Russian
противонаправленное движение
Portuguese
movimento retrógrado aparente
Spanish
retrogradacion
Catalan
moviment retrògrad
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Astronomy.

        противонаправленное движение
        Antonyms
        Examples for "prograde motion"
        Examples for "prograde motion"
        1
        The great majority of the waves appear in regions associated with prograde motions of the mean zonal flow.
        Pubmed
        Usage of retrograde motion in English
        1
        But of the means even of retrograde motion they were utterly destitute.
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
        2
        But, contrary to my expectations, the Nautilus took a decided retrograde motion.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        3
        Furiously driving him to a retrograde motion, they forced him back into the town.
        The Scottish Chiefs
        4
        But some made a retrograde motion toward the town.
        The Scottish Chiefs
        5
        The first big problem with the geocentric model was the retrograde motion of planets like Mars.
        Wired
        6
        If we could see the planets from some fixed frame of reference, the retrograde motion would disappear.
        Quicksilver
        7
        But the retrograde motion of the Nautilus was increasing; and, reversing the screw, it carried us at great speed.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        8
        The apparent retrograde motion of the planets is caused by the motion of the Earth, from which one observes.
        Wired
        9
        This even accounted for their retrograde motion -an illusionary change in the movement of planets through the sky.
        The South African
        10
        Yet this was not only very uncertain, but the idea of a retrograde motion was by no means pleasant.
        The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
        11
        Does he show retrograde motion?
        Divide and Rule
        12
        And while a retro aesthetic can often come into vogue, actual retrograde motion doesn't tend to happen much in technology.
        Wired
        13
        Thus, we speculate that motors may bind to the leading ends of neurofilaments polymers during both anterograde and retrograde motion.
        Pubmed
        14
        Averse as enthusiasm is from the retrograde motion of analysis, let me, my dear friend, lead you one step backward.
        Tales and Novels — Volume 08
        15
        They explained Mars's apparent retrograde motion, the last scientific obstacle to a sun-centred system, and did so without any convoluted mechanics.
        The whole world: a novel
        16
        The ninth (Phoebe) was found on photographs, by Pickering in 1898, with retrograde motion; and he has lately added a tenth.
        History of Astronomy