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prograde
- /ˈpɹəʊɡɹeɪd/ UK
- /ˈpɹoʊɡɹeɪd/ US
adjective more prograde · most prograde
- Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.
- Being a metamorphic change resulting from a higher pressure or temperature.
Opposite: retrograde
verb progrades · prograding · prograded
- Of sediment, to build out seawards in conditions of marine regression. In some localities the bank margins of several cycles are stacked above each other^([sic]), in other places they backstep or prograde relative to each other.
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adjective
Opposite: retrograde
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adj (astronomy) moving in a forward direction
| Français | prograde |
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| Deutsch | rechtläufig, prograd |
| Ελληνικά | ορθόδρομος orthódromos |
adj (geology) being a metamorphic change
| Français | prograde |
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