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retro: rocket fitted to vehicle to oppose forward motion,for example to bring satellite out of orbit and back to Earth
Category: Mechanical engineering

retro: a device,ready for use,comprising one or more retro-reflecting optical units
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

retro: the reflection in which radiation is returned in directions close to the direction from which it came,this property being maintained over wide variations of the direction of the incident radiation
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

retro: material in which is incorporated a large number of very small elements which,by refraction and reflection,produce the phenomenon of retro-reflection when they become the surface as the material wears
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

retro: a device intended to produce reflex reflection,at least for a limited range of angles of incidence of a light beam.It may comprise one or more retro-reflecting optical units,for example,corner reflectors or special lens units of glass or plastic
Category: Transport

retro: ..tracking is also necessary...for determining precise timing for critical manoeuvres such as --
Category: Mechanical engineering

retro: a material which produces reflex reflection over a wide range of angles of incidence of a light beam,by the use of a large number of very small reflecting and refracting elements usually very small beads.The applications are the same as those of retro-reflectors
Category: Transport

retro-reflecting: material in which is incorporated a large number of very small elements which,by refraction and reflection,produce the phenomenon of retro-reflection when they become the surface as the material wears
Category: Electrical engineering and energy

retro-reflecting: a material which produces reflex reflection over a wide range of angles of incidence of a light beam,by the use of a large number of very small reflecting and refracting elements usually very small beads.The applications are the same as those of retro-reflectors
Category: Transport

retro-rocket: rocket fitted to vehicle to oppose forward motion,for example to bring satellite out of orbit and back to Earth
Category: Mechanical engineering

retroactive: a delayed wage payment for work done previously at a lower rate
Category: Statistics

retroactive: the effect of a new tax law on transactions or events which have already taken place,generally seen as unfair in cases when it is disadvantageous to the taxpayer,but may be allowed for,exceptionally,if it proves to be advantageous to the taxpayer,or it is enacted to correct a technical defect in existing legislation,especially where large sums of tax are at stake
Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs

retrocedent: the reinsurer effecting reinsurance as for a part of the risk he has agreed to bear
Category: Insurance

retrocession: the act of a reinsuring company that has accepted a risk in again reinsuring the risk with still another company.
Category: Insurance

retrofit: The retroactive modification of an existing building or machine. (US Envir. Protect. Agency, Guidelines + Reports, Vomil).
Category: Management in the public and private sector

retrofit: incorporation of an engineering change(at any level)in accepted or in-service articles
Category: Technical and industry in general

retrofit: a modification of equipment of an airplane to include changes made in later production models.
Category: Transport

retrofitability: to permit replacement and/or addition of components at the customer`s site at a later date.Otherwise the whole thing would have to go back to the factory
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

retrofits: the revised or updated versions of hardware or software which can be put into electronic mobile exchange systems already in operation
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

retrograde: satellite orbit such that the projection of the centre of mass of the satellite on to the principal reference plane revolves about the axis of the primary body in reverse direction to that in which the primary body rotates
Category: News-systems and communications

retrograde: westward motion as seen from the North Pole
Category: The cosmos

retrograde: amnesia extending backward, to include material antedating the onset of amnesia proper.
Category: Medicine

retrograde: Where the critical point of multicomponent liquid-vapour-equilibrium occurs below the maxima in temperature and pressure of the two phase region,a sequence of increasing pressure change,at a temperature between the temperature maximum and the critical point,will cause a partial condensation of the vapour to liquid and then a full return to the vapour state,called retrograde condensation.(ASTM Standard Def.)
Category: The chemical industry

retroperitoneal: the potential space in the loose fascia outside the parietal peritoneum
Category: Medicine

retropharyngeal: a cellular interval separating the pharynx from the prevertebral layer of the cervical fascia
Category: Medicine

retropubic: a potential space between the urinary bladder and the symphisis and body of the pubis
Category: Medicine

retroreflecting: a combination of optical elements producing retroreflection
Category: Physics

retrospective: an investigation undertaken after an event has occurred, with the view to assessing its impact and drawing lessons from it
Category: Management in the public and private sector

retrospective: a trace produced from historical data recorded during the execution of a computer program
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

retrospective: The retrieval of stored information in answer to on-demand user search requests
Category: Documentation and information

retrospective: the calculation of premiums for an insurance or reinsurance based on the actual loss experience,with retrospective effect
Category: Insurance

retrospective: the reserve resulting when the value of insurances is deducted from the accumulation of premiums received in the past
Category: Insurance

retrospective: the validation of a process for a product already in distribution based upon accumulated production,testing and control data
Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)

retrospective: a bibliography containing published documents of a subject field or particular problem back into history as much as possible or desired
Category: Documentation and information

retrovirus: a member of a group of RNA viruses,the RNA of which is copied during viral replication into DNA by reverse transcriptase.The viral DNA is then able to be integrated into the host chromosomal DNA
Category: Medicine

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