retrograde
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- adjective
- /ˈrɛtrəˌɡreɪd/
- Specialized
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retrógrado
- It goes in this, what we now call retrograde motion.
- retrograde motion
- retrograde direction
Examples
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Say what Sir, Mercury is in retrograde and we've been told that this is a bad time to buy electronics.
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But at that time, Mercury was retrograde and stationing direct.
Blog text (24) -
It's always in retrograde, you know?
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So it goes through retrograde pretty often for every Earth orbit.
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I'll bet anything Mercury went retrograde and passed through his fourth house.
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I'm going to blame Mercury in retrograde for the issues because I dropped my phone and it completely shattered.
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This section of inner Kansas City where the bus station was located, the section of inner cities where bus stations were always located, seemed to run in retrograde motion.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's astrological; they forgot that Mercury is retrograde and that all communications and contracts are positioned to go bad or at least take a lot of work.
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The last time Mercury was retrograde on Election Day was in 2000 when Al Gore was declared President of the USA, only to discover the next day that Bush actually won due to a miscount.
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When Venus is in retrograde motion, it appears to move westward against the backdrop of stars.
Synonyms
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Opposite to what is usual or expected
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Moving in the opposite direction
Turned the other way or placed in the opposite order
Moved back to an earlier position or state
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Etymology
Retrograde comes from retro- 'back' and gradus 'step', the same root as grade. So when a planet is in retrograde, it seems to 'step back' across the sky from our view.