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Definition of Regreded
1. regrede [v] - See also: regrede
Lexicographical Neighbors of Regreded
Literary usage of Regreded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor (1873)
"When the rising node has regreded 120° from the perigee, it is clear that when
the moon is at a node the westerly libration has not reached its maximum. ..."
2. An Elementary Course of Mathematics: Designed Principally for Students of by Harvey Goodwin (1857)
"... inclined to Nn and turned in the direction contrary to that of P's motion;
this latter change we express by saying, that the line of nodes has regreded. ..."
3. The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Condition by Richard Anthony Proctor, Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1892)
"... of the ecliptic she had occupied at the beginning, while the node has regreded
on the average by that amount which is due to a period of 27-322 days. ..."
4. Solutions of the Problems and Riders Proposed in the Senate-house by William Magan Campion, William Walton (1864)
"... K} will pass through the same variations from the same mean value, as if the
line of nodes had not regreded, but will pass through them in quicker time ..."
5. A Treatise on Conic Sections and the Application of Algebra to Geometry by John Hymers (1837)
"... the apogee, found by producing тг'У, will have regreded more than that found
by producing тг Т, and therefore both before and after perigee, ..."
6. The First Three Sections of Newton's Principia: With an Appendix and the by Isaac Newton, John Harrison Evans, Philip Thomas Main (1871)
"... so that P described an undisturbed ellipse, the apogee, found by producing
ir'T, will have regreded more than that found by producing itT, and therefore ..."
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