Associations to the word «Retrogradation»

Wiktionary

RETROGRADATION, noun. Motion in a retrograde manner
RETROGRADATION, noun. Decline, degradation
RETROGRADATION, noun. (chemistry) A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery