Anterograde (adjective)
Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.
“Anterograde amnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia.”
Anterograde (adjective)
Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.
“Movement of mitochondria and other cell parts from a neuron’s cell body toward the synapse is called anterograde transport.”
“Anterograde tracing is a research technique which is used to trace neural connections from their source to their point of termination. The opposite technique is retrograde tracing.”
Retrograde (adjective)
Directed backwards, retreating; reverting, especially to an inferior state, declining; inverse, reverse; movement opposite to normal or intended motion, often circular motion.
“retrograde ideas, morals, etc.”
Retrograde (adjective)
Counterproductive to a desired outcome.
Retrograde (adjective)
In the opposite direction to the orbited body’s spin.
Retrograde (adjective)
Describing a metamorphic change resulting from a decreasing pressure or temperature.
Anterograde (adjective)
directed forwards in time.
Anterograde (adjective)
of or denoting a form of amnesia which involves inability to remember information encountered after its onset.
Retrograde (adjective)
directed or moving backwards
“a retrograde flow”
Retrograde (adjective)
(of the apparent motion of a planet) in a reverse direction from normal (from east to west), resulting from the relative orbital progress of the earth and the planet.
Retrograde (adjective)
(of the orbit or rotation of a planet or planetary satellite) in a reverse direction from that normal in the solar system
“the outer satellites move in retrograde orbits”
Retrograde (adjective)
reverting to an earlier and inferior condition
“to go back on the progress that has been made would be a retrograde step”
Retrograde (adjective)
(of amnesia) involving the period immediately preceding the causal event.
Retrograde (adjective)
(of the order of something) reversed; inverse
“the retrograde form of these inscriptions”
Retrograde (adjective)
(of a metamorphic change) resulting from a decrease in temperature or pressure.
Retrograde (noun)
a degenerate person.
Retrograde (verb)
go back in position or time
“our history must retrograde for the space of a few pages”
Retrograde (verb)
revert to an earlier and inferior condition
“people cannot habitually trample on law and justice without retrograding toward barbarism”
Retrograde (verb)
show retrograde motion
“all the planets will at some time appear to retrograde”