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retrogade

 

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Retrogade

Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb, Noun
Definition: Moving or tending backward; reverting to an earlier or inferior condition.

Adjective

Sense 1: Characterized by a return to past styles, trends, or tendencies.
Example: The fashion industry often experiences retrograde trends, bringing back styles and designs from previous decades.

Adverb

Sense 1: In a backward direction; moving or going backward.
Example: The spacecraft's engine malfunctioned, causing it to retrograde in its orbit around the moon.

Noun

Sense 1: An apparent or temporary backward movement of a celestial body in its orbit.
Example: During a retrograde of Mars, it appears to move backward in the sky before resuming its regular path.

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