moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth
of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
going from better to worse
[ Syn: retrogressive ]
moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction
[ Syn: retral ]
retrograde (adj.)
move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
move in a direction contrary to the usual one; retrograding planets'
move back; The glacier retrogrades
[ Syn: retreat ]
go back over; retrograde arguments
get worse or fall back to a previous condition
[ Syn: regress , retrogress ]