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.

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