Word info Antonyms

prograde

Speech parts

1. prograde - Adjective

2. prograde - Verb

Meaning

(astronomy) Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.

(geology) Being a metamorphic change resulting from a higher pressure or temperature.

prograde (third-person singular simple present progrades, present participle prograding, simple past and past participle prograded)

(geology) Of sediment, to build out seawards in conditions of marine regression.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Antonyms

Related terms

Anagrams

Examples

Closer to the poles, the winds shift to a prograde direction, flowing with Uranus's rotation. Source: Internet

Current speculation is that Uranus started off with a typical prograde orientation and was knocked on its side by a large impact early in its history. Source: Internet

Mercury's sidereal day is about two-thirds of its orbital period, so by the prograde formula its solar day lasts for two revolutions around the sun— three times as long as its sidereal day. Source: Internet

Oh, and the Df’s body is a mix of plastic and metal, unlike the prograde magnesium construction found in Pentax, Nikon and Fujifilm cameras costing half as much. Source: Internet

In the retrograde forms but not in the prograde forms, the triangles joining the star bases intersect the axis of rotational symmetry. Source: Internet

Pallas's rotation appears to be prograde. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms