retrograde movement

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Any movement of a command to the rear, or away from the enemy. It may be forced by the enemy or may be made voluntarily. Such movements may be classified as withdrawal, retirement, or delaying action.

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Back step retrograde retrograde operation			For, although they can inflict instantaneous death by a retrograde movement, yet unless they can at once disengage their stinging extremity from the struggling body of their victim, their own frail bodies are liable to be shattered. Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context Then the cardinal, whatever he said, very well knew that the horror of bloodshed in this encounter, in which Frenchman would combat against Frenchman, was a retrograde movement of sixty years impressed upon his policy; and the cardinal was at that period what we now call a man of progress. The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context The new system being now established, a retrograde movement to the old would be almost as difficult as the step that placed him in his unparalleled position. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			Retroactive law retroactively retrobulbar neuritis retrocede Retrocedent Retrocession retrochoir Retrocopulant Retrocopulation Retroduction retrofire retrofit retrofit action retroflected retroflection retroflex retroflexed retroflexion Retrofract Retrogenerative Retrogradation retrograde retrograde amnesia retrograde cargo retrograde ejaculation retrograde movement retrograde operation retrograde personnel Retrogradingly retrogradism retrogress retrogression retrogressive Retrogressively retroject retrolental retromandibular vein Retromingency Retromingent retronym retroocular retropack retroperitoneal retropharyngeal Retrophyllum retropulsion Retropulsive retrorocket retrorse retrospect retrospection			retrograde ejaculation retrograde ejaculation retrograde ejaculation retrograde embolism Retrograde Europe retrograde evaporation retrograde extrasystole retrograde extrasystole retrograde extrasystole retrograde filling retrograde filling retrograde filling retrograde flow retrograde gas-condensate reservoir retrograde hernia retrograde hernia retrograde hernia retrograde infantilism Retrograde infection Retrograde Infusion of the Cerebral Vein Retrograde Intransit Visibility Report Retrograde Intrarenal Stone Surgery Retrograde Intravenous Pressure Infusion Retrograde Leak Point Pressure retrograde menstruation retrograde menstruation retrograde menstruation retrograde metamorphism Retrograde motion Retrograde Motion of Planets retrograde movement Retrograde Nontransseptal Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty retrograde obturation retrograde obturation retrograde obturation retrograde obturation retrograde operation Retrograde orbit Retrograde Perfusion of the Cerebral Vein retrograde personnel Retrograde Processing Point Retrograde Processing Point Automated System Retrograde Property Assistance Team Retrograde pyelogram Retrograde pyelogram retrograde pyelography retrograde pyelography retrograde pyelography retrograde pyelography retrograde pyelography retrograde reservoir Retrograde Right Atrium Perfusion Retrograde Rocket System Retrograde Ship Time retrograde storage area retrograde support element Retrograde Transhepatic Biliary Drainage Retrograde Transurethral Balloon Dilatation Retrograde Ureteropyelography Retrograde Urethrogram retrograde urethrography

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