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Definition of Retro
1. Adjective. Affecting things past. "Retro pay"
2. Noun. A fashion reminiscent of the past.
Definition of Retro
1. Adjective. of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were ¹
2. Adjective. affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto ¹
3. Noun. something, such as a fashion, from the past; a retro trend ¹
4. Noun. a retrorocket ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retro
1. a rocket on a spacecraft that produces thrust in a direction opposite to the line of flight [n -ROS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retro
Literary usage of Retro
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"retro.—West and north of retro the "Rockwood" formation was found to carry two
thin seams of ... Section of lower seam "Rockwood" ore 1 mile north of retro. ..."
2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... conclave in aedibus, T. : quid retro atque a tergo fieret, ... vide rursus
retro: omnia fatis In peius ruere, ac retro ..."
3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"... retro-ocular Neuritis following Influenza.—Among the many nerve injuries that
have followed upon the epidemic of influenza Dr. Epe'ron of Lausanne is ..."
4. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"F i g., in time, back, in time back, in pott before, formerly : deinceps retro
usque ad ... sentencia vobis Vorsa retro, reversed, ..."
5. A Text-book of Practical Medicine: With Particular Reference to Physiology by Felix von Niemeyer (1869)
"... was verified by an immediate relief following a copious passage of blood from
the bowels, I have come to the conclusion that retro-uterine ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Eight patients recovered without operation, the blood becoming entirely absorbed.
The writer states that Winckel never incises a retro-uterine ..."
7. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1874)
"Relating or belonging to internal parts behind tho peritoneum, as retro- peritoneal
hernia. ... however, this term is employed synonymously with retro- ..."
8. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"The above is epitomised from the writer's Lectures on the Recorder, to be published
shortly, cw RECTE ET retro, ..."
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