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caelum19  ·  3341 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: September 30, 2015

Thanks! Do you know why they called it that instead of 'prograde'? Because retrograde and prograde are also opposite.





b_b  ·  3340 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The root word is "anterior", which means either toward the front (in anatomy) or preceding in time. I may have been mistaken when I applied to term to planetary motion. It is a very common term in biology, and is used as an opposite to retrograde (say in transport of proteins up and down nerves). Apparently, this term isn't used in planetary observation. The most common term according to wikipedia is "direct motion". Apologies.

caelum19  ·  3340 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ah, don't worry about it. Now I've learned two things!

you say

    transport of proteins up and down nerves

I didn't even know nerves had an 'up' or 'down'. Would this refer to being 'closer' or further from the brian(Going to keep that typo) or what?