Get to know Retrogradation better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning.
Retrogradation in a sentence
Retrogradation meaning
- Motion in a retrograde manner.
- Decline, degradation.
- A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.
Using Retrogradation
- The main meaning on this page is: Motion in a retrograde manner. | Decline, degradation. | A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.
- In the example corpus, retrogradation often appears in combinations such as: apparent retrogradation.
Context around Retrogradation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retrogradation
- In this selection, "retrogradation" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apparent and puzzled stand out and add context to how "retrogradation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include exhibit apparent retrogradation and the retrogradation of a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retrogradation" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retrogradation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects (including Pluto ) exhibit apparent retrogradation. (10 words)
This apparent retrogradation puzzled ancient astronomers, and was one reason they named these bodies 'planets' in the first place: 'Planet' comes from the Greek word for 'wanderer'. (27 words)
The retrogradation of a hypothetical extremely distant (and nearly non-moving) planet would take place during a half-year, with the planet's apparent yearly motion being reduced to a parallax ellipse. (32 words)
The retrogradation of a hypothetical extremely distant (and nearly non-moving) planet would take place during a half-year, with the planet's apparent yearly motion being reduced to a parallax ellipse. (32 words)
This apparent retrogradation puzzled ancient astronomers, and was one reason they named these bodies 'planets' in the first place: 'Planet' comes from the Greek word for 'wanderer'. (27 words)
Asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects (including Pluto ) exhibit apparent retrogradation. (10 words)
Example sentences (3)
Asteroids and Kuiper Belt Objects (including Pluto ) exhibit apparent retrogradation.
The retrogradation of a hypothetical extremely distant (and nearly non-moving) planet would take place during a half-year, with the planet's apparent yearly motion being reduced to a parallax ellipse.
This apparent retrogradation puzzled ancient astronomers, and was one reason they named these bodies 'planets' in the first place: 'Planet' comes from the Greek word for 'wanderer'.
Common combinations with retrogradation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: