English-Thai Dictionary
retrogression
N การ ถอยหลัง การ เสื่อมทราม การ ถอยหลังเข้าคลอง regression relapse kan-toi-lang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RETROGRESSION
n.The act of going backward.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RETROGRESSION
Re `tro *gres "sion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétrogression. See Retrograde, and cf. Digression. ]
1. The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism.
New American Oxford Dictionary
retrogression
ret ro gres sion |ˌretrəˈgreSHən ˌrɛtrəˈɡrɛʃən | ▶noun 1 the process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one: a kind of extreme retrogression to 19th -century attitudes. 2 Astronomy another term for retrogradation. DERIVATIVES ret ro gres sive |-ˈgresiv |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from retro- ‘backward, ’ on the pattern of progression .
Oxford Dictionary
retrogression
retro |gres ¦sion |ˌrɛtrə (ʊ )ˈgrɛʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the process of returning to an earlier state, typically a worse one: a retrogression to 19th -century attitudes. 2 Astronomy another term for retrogradation. DERIVATIVES retrogressive |-sɪv |adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from retro- ‘backwards ’, on the pattern of progression .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
retrogression
ret ro gres sion /rètrəɡréʃ (ə )n /名詞 U 〖時にa ～〗1 後退, 逆行, 退歩 .2 〘生物 〙退化 .3 〘天 〙逆行 .
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