ретрограден adj (of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement)
реакционер noun (one who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo — see also conservative)

Catalan

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retrògrad adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)
retrògrad adj (reverting to an inferior or less developed state — see also declining, regressing)
retrògrad adj (having a passage of music played backwards)

Chinese Mandarin

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逆行 adj (of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body’s spin)
逆行 noun (reversal of a melody)

Czech

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retrográdní adj (of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body’s spin)
retrográdní adj (of a metamorphic change: resulting from a decrease in pressure or temperature)
upadající adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)
zpátečnický adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)

Finnish

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retrogradinen adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)
retrogradinen adj (of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body’s spin)
taannehtiva adj (of a celestial body: seeming to move across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement)
taannehtiminen noun (apparent movement of a planet across the sky in the opposite direction from its ordinary movement)

French

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rétrograde adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)
rétrograde adj (counterproductive to a desired outcome)
rétrograde adj (of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body’s spin)
rétrograde noun (one who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo — see also conservative)

German

1 entries

retrograd adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)

Hindi

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प्रतिगामी adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)

Italian

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retrogradare verb (of a celestial body: to show retrogradation)

Persian

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بازگشتی adj (of a celestial body orbiting another: in the opposite direction to the orbited body’s spin)
بازگشتن verb ((military) to retreat or withdraw from a position)

Russian

3 entries

ретрогра́дный adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)
ретрогра́д noun (one who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo — see also conservative)
ретрогра́дка noun (one who opposes social reform, favouring the maintenance of the status quo — see also conservative)

Swedish

1 entries

bakåtsträvande adj (or moving backwards in relation to the normal or previous direction of travel)

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The readiest support for planets' having confocal orbits is their sometimes retrograde motion.

Source: tatoeba (2055601)

Venus rotates slowly on its axis in a clockwise direction, which is referred to as a "retrograde" rotation because it is the opposite of the seven other planets.

Source: tatoeba (3955468)

Venus has a retrograde rotation which means it rotates on its axis in the opposite direction from the Earth's rotation. This causes the Sun to rise in the west and move eastward across the sky.

Source: tatoeba (3955478)

Due to Triton's retrograde orbit, its density, and its composition, astronomers theorize that Triton was not originally a satellite of Neptune, but was captured by Neptune's gravitational pull, forcing it into an orbit around the planet.

Source: tatoeba (3957459)

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