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Definition of Regredes
1. regrede [v] - See also: regrede
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regredes
Literary usage of Regredes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"Thus the. node regredes, and the inclination of the orbit to the ecliptic is
diminished, when the planet has just passed the ascending node. ..."
2. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1879)
"... that the instantaneous parabola decreases in magnitude and descends in position
throughout the entire motion, while its axis regredes during the ascent ..."
3. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1892)
"This is manifest if we consider that the node regredes only 19° 21'per annum,
and therefore in six years regredes little more than 116°, having, therefore, ..."
4. The Journal of Science by Calcutta Asiatic Society (1873)
"This is manifest if we consider that the node regredes only 19° 21' per annum,
and therefore in six years regredes little more than 116°, having, therefore, ..."
5. The Journal of Science, and Annals of Astronomy, Biology, Geology by James Samuelson, William Crookes (1873)
"This is manifest if we consider that the node regredes only 19° 21' per annum,
... In two six-yearly periods it regredes rather more than 233°, ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The reaction of the moon on the earth gives rise to the Precession of the
Equinoxes (qv). the node regredes, but the inclination is increased. ..."
7. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor (1873)
"Thus we see that in all positions of the lunar orbit, except at the moment when
the line of nodes is directed towards the sun, the nodal line regredes on ..."
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