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RETROGRADE (from the Lat. retro, backwards, gradiri, to go)

RETROGRADE (from the See also:
LAT
Lat. retro, backwards, gradiri, to go) , in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the direction of the apparent See also:

motion of a See also:

PLANET (Gr. ssXavirrns, a wanderer)

planet from E. to W.; the opposite of its See also:

REGULAR

regular motion around the See also:

sun, and due to the motion of the See also:

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