Directed backwards, retreating; reverting especially inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion
Backward with respect to the common direction of motion in the solar system; counter-clockwise as viewed from the north, and going from east to west rather than from west to east
Apparent backward motion, which occurs when Earth passes a slower-moving, outer planet or when Earth is passed by a faster-moving inner planet Designated by the symbol R in the horoscope The outer planets are retrograde over 40% of the time
From the Latin "to step backwards", this term is applied to the apparent backward motion of the planets through the zodiac Traditionally interpreted to provide a negative or weakening effect on the planet, modern astrologers tend to interpret retrograde motion as providing a slight internal or introspective influence
Tending or moving backward; having a backward course; contrary; as, a retrograde motion; opposed to progressive
Contrary to the direction of motion or rotation A retrograde orbit is one that goes in the opposite direction of the rotation of the body being orbited A retrograde maneuver is one carried out in the opposite of the direction of travel
Refers to faces meeting at a vertex which circle back the opposite way around the vertex with respect to other faces Polygons represented as n/d are retrograde when the fraction is greater than a half, eg the pentagram 5/2 is not retrograde, but written as 5/3 it is The retrograde version of a n/d-gon is a n/(n-d)-gon
Declining from a better to a worse state; as, a retrograde people; retrograde ideas, morals, etc
go back over; "retrograde arguments" move back; "The glacier retrogrades" move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets" move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth going from better to worse
moving in the opposite direction to that which is considered normal; as in retrograde P waves noted in certain junctional rhythms