prograde

adjective

pro·grade ˈprō-ˌgrād How to pronounce prograde (audio)

: having or being a direction of rotation or revolution that is counterclockwise as viewed from the north pole of the sky or a planet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Asteroids with prograde rotations (spinning from west to east, like Earth does) drift away from the sun under this thrust.

Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016 Two of the three prograde moons fit within the Inuit group, which have angles of inclination of around 46 degrees.

Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2019 One of the prograde moons has an angle of 36 degrees, similar to the other prograde moons close to Saturn named for Gallic mythology.

Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Oct. 2019 Sending a spacecraft to gently land upon or orbit the object would be extremely difficult, as such a probe would have to burn huge amounts of fuel to cancel out its prograde velocity.

Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

Latin pro- forward + English -grade (as in retrograde)

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

单词	prograde
释义	prograde adjective pro·grade ˈprō-ˌgrād : having or being a direction of rotation or revolution that is counterclockwise as viewed from the north pole of the sky or a planet Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Asteroids with prograde rotations (spinning from west to east, like Earth does) drift away from the sun under this thrust. Dante S. Lauretta, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2016 Two of the three prograde moons fit within the Inuit group, which have angles of inclination of around 46 degrees. Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2019 One of the prograde moons has an angle of 36 degrees, similar to the other prograde moons close to Saturn named for Gallic mythology. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Oct. 2019 Sending a spacecraft to gently land upon or orbit the object would be extremely difficult, as such a probe would have to burn huge amounts of fuel to cancel out its prograde velocity. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2018 Word History Etymology Latin pro- forward + English -grade (as in retrograde) First Known Use 1707, in the meaning defined above
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