RETROGRESSION (OR RETROGRADE MOTION)

Meaning of RETROGRESSION (OR RETROGRADE MOTION) in English

Movement of a weather system in a direction opposite to that of the basic flow in which it is embedded, usually referring to a closed low or a longwave trough which moves westward.

Weather and meteorology English vocabulary. Английский словарь погоды и метеорологии . 2012

RETROGRESSION — n retrogression, also: [Math., Astron.]
Interlingua English vocab
RETROGRADE — (-tró-) adj retrograde (= reversed in order, movement, direction, etc.)
Interlingua English vocab
RETROGRADE — nagsibog
English-Visayan vocabulary
RETROGRESSION — noun Date: 1604 regression 3, return to a former and less complex level of development or organization
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RETROGRADE — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin retrogradus, from retrogradi Date: 14th century 1. a. having or being motion in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTION — I Change in position of a body relative to another body or with respect to a frame of reference or …
Английский словарь Британика
RETROGRADE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTION — I. ˈmōshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English mocioun, from Middle French motion, from Latin motion-, motio movement, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgreshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin retrogress us (past participle) + English -ion 1. : regression 3 2. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, …
Английский словарь Webster
RETROGRESSION — (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
Английский словарь Webster
RETROGRADE — (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
Английский словарь Webster
RETROGRADE — (a.) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
RETROGRADE — (a.) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.
Английский словарь Webster
RETROGRESSION — ( n. ) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — ( n. ) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — ( v. i. ) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — ( a. ) Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; -- opposed to progressive.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — ( a. ) Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — /re'treuh gresh"euhn/ , n. 1. the act of retrogressing; movement backward. 2. Biol. degeneration; retrograde metamorphosis; passing from a more …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — — retrogradely , adv. — retrogradingly , adv. /re"treuh grayd'/ , adj., v., retrograded, retrograding . adj. 1. moving backward; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTION — — motional , adj. — motioner , n. /moh"sheuhn/ , n. 1. the action or process of moving or of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — n. reversion to a previous condition; backward movement, retreat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RETROGRADE — I. ˈre-trə-ˌgrād adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin retrogradus, from retrogradi Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) : having or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTION — I. ˈmō-shən noun Etymology: Middle English mocioun, from Anglo-French motion, from Latin motion-, motio movement, from movēre to move Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETROGRESSION — noun Date: 1604 1. : regression 3 2. : return to a former and less complex level of development or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETROGRESSION — noun the act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation. 2. retrogression ·noun backward development; a passing from a higher to …
Webster English vocab
RETROGRADE — vi to go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet. 2. retrograde ·vi …
Webster English vocab
MOTION — noun a puppet show or puppet. 2. motion ·noun power of, or capacity for, motion. 3. motion ·vi to make …
Webster English vocab
RETROGRESSION — ■ noun 1》 the process of retrogressing. 2》 Astronomy retrogradation. Derivatives retrogressive adjective Origin C17: from retro- , on the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
RETROGRESSION — [ret.ro.gres.sion] n (1646) 1: regression 3 2: return to a former and less complex level of development or organization
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RETROGRADE — [ret.ro.grade] adj [ME, fr. L retrogradus, fr. retrogradi] (14c) 1 a (1) of a celestial body: having a direction contrary …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTION — in parliamentary rules of order, a procedure by which proposals are submitted for the consideration of deliberative assemblies. If a …
Britannica English vocabulary
RETROGRESSION — retrogression BrE AmE ˌretr ə ʊ ˈɡreʃ ə n AmE \ -ə- ▷ retrogression|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — / ˈretrəgreɪd; NAmE / adjective ( formal , disapproving ) ( of an action ) making a situation worse or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTION — / ˈməʊʃn; NAmE ˈmoʊʃn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , sing. ] the act or process of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — See main entry: ↑ retrogressive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RETROGRADE — ret ‧ ro ‧ grade /ˈretrəɡreɪd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: retrogradus , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTION — I. mo ‧ tion 1 W3 /ˈməʊʃ ə n $ ˈmoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RETROGRESSION — n. 1 backward or reversed movement. 2 a return to a less advanced state; a reversal of development; a decline …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RETROGRADE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 directed backwards; retreating. 2 reverting esp. to an inferior state; declining. 3 inverse, reversed …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RETROGRESSION — n. 1 backward or reversed movement. 2 a return to a less advanced state; a reversal of development; a decline …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 directed backwards; retreating. 2 reverting esp. to an inferior state; declining. 3 inverse, reversed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — n.1 backward or reversed movement. 2 a return to a less advanced state; a reversal of development; a decline or …
Oxford English vocab
RETROGRADE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. directed backwards; retreating. 2 reverting esp. to an inferior state; declining. 3 inverse, reversed …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
RETROGRESSION — Retrogression means moving back to an earlier and less efficient stage of development. ( FORMAL ) There has been a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — A retrograde action is one that you think makes a situation worse rather than better. ( FORMAL ) The Prime …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTION — ( motions, motioning, motioned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Motion is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RETROGRESSION — Retrogression means moving back to an earlier and less efficient stage of development. (FORMAL) There has been a ~ in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RETROGRADE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ retrograde racial politics ▪ Venus's rotation is retrograde . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTION — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES motion picture ▪ the motion picture industry motion sickness perpetual motion propose a motion/amendment/resolution …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RETROGRESSION — [noun] [U]
Cambridge English vocab
RETROGRADE — [adjective] [formal] - returning to older and worse conditions, methods, ideas, etc.The development of new nuclear weapons may be considered …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTION — n. Brownian motion motion picture motion sickness motion equation of Newton's laws of motion periodic motion proper motion retrograde motion …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTION — n. Change in position of a body relative to another body or with respect to a frame of reference or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RETROGRADE — adj. Retrograde is used with these nouns: ↑ step
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RETROGRADE — adj. 25B6; adjective a retrograde step : FOR THE WORSE, regressive, negative, downhill, unwelcome. retrograde motion : BACKWARD(S), reverse, rearward. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary

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