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Meaning of "retroaction" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RETROACTION

retroaction  [ˌrɛtrəʊˈækʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETROACTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Retroaction is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RETROACTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retroaction in the English dictionary

The definition of retroaction in the dictionary is an action contrary or reciprocal to a preceding action. Other definition of retroaction is a retrospective action, esp a law affecting events prior to its enactment.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETROACTION


abreaction
ˌæbrɪˈækʃən
action
ˈækʃən
attraction
əˈtrækʃən
coaction
kəʊˈækʃən
extraction
ɪkˈstrækʃən
hyperaction
ˌhaɪpərˈækʃən
immunoreaction
ɪˌmjuːnəʊrɪˈækʃən
inaction
ɪnˈækʃən
interaction
ˌɪntərˈækʃən
nonaction
ˌnɒnˈækʃən
overaction
ˌəʊvərˈækʃən
overreaction
ˌəʊvərɪˈækʃən
photoreaction
ˌfəʊtəʊrɪˈækʃən
proaction
prəʊˈækʃən
reaction
rɪˈækʃən
satisfaction
ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən
self-action
ˌsɛlfˈækʃən
subaction
sʌbˈækʃən
transaction
trænˈzækʃən
underreaction
ˌʌndəriːˈækʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETROACTION

retro
retro-operative
retroact
retroactive
retroactive inhibition
retroactive interference
retroactively
retroactiveness
retroactivity
retrobulbar
retrocede
retrocedence
retrocedent
retrocession
retrocessive
retrochoir
retrocognition
retrodict
retrodiction
retrodictive

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETROACTION

accreditation
auction
collection
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
election
fiction
function
inspection
instruction
introduction
out of action
production
protection
reduction
section
selection

Synonyms and antonyms of retroaction in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «retroaction» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RETROACTION

Find out the translation of retroaction to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of retroaction from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retroaction» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倒行逆施
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

retroacción
570 millions of speakers

English

retroaction
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retroaction
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رجع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

retroaction
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

retroação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পশ্চাদ্দিকে কার্ষকরণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rétroaction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Retroaksi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rückwirkung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反作用
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

retroaction
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retroaksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phản động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடந்து போன நிகழ்ச்சிக்கு எதிரான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रेट्रोऑक्शन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geriye doğru işleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retroazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retroakcji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retroaction
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retroacțiune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάδραση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terugwerkende krag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

retroaction
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retroaction
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retroaction

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROACTION»

The term «retroaction» is normally little used and occupies the 138.773 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RETROACTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «retroaction» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «retroaction» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about retroaction

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETROACTION»

Discover the use of retroaction in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retroaction and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Routledge French Technical Dictionary Dictionnaire technique ...
N control 17 control reglageàreaction 177, ELEC ENG asservissement 177; N control loop 17 control boucle de retroaction/f N control system 17 ELEC ENG systeme asservi 177; N current 17 ELEC TRON courant de retour 177, courant ...
Yves Arden, 2013
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wireless telegraphy and telephony
This type of retroaction is sometimes used intentionally for generating feeble oscillation, as in heterodyne oscillators. Its chief importance, however, lies in the fact that it cannot be altogether avoided, since the capacity between anode and grid ...
3
Science of Memory Concepts
Nevertheless, the two constructs of transfer and retroaction can be viewed as complementary. In assessing retroaction, we examine the extent to which activity B influences retention of activity A. The similarities between the stimuli and ...
Psychology Department Washington University Henry L. Roediger III James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Chair, Yadin Dudai III The Sara and Michael Sela Professor of Neurobiology Weizmann Institute, Susan M. Fitzpatrick III Vice President James S. McDonnell Foundation, 2007
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Energy and Climate: How to achieve a successful energy ...
The so-called 'positive retroaction' mechanisms are likely to make climate change even worse. Positive retroaction corresponds to higher CO2 emissions, with anthropogenic emissions releasing greenhouse gases trapped in the soil, the ...
Alexandre Rojey, 2009
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Wireless
reaction—cg. if they are coupled together indefinitely loosely; or, more practically, if they are coupled through triodes devoid of all retroaction from anode to grid*— the over-all resonance curve is found by taking for each abscissa the product of ...
L. B. Turner, 2013
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Learning and Instruction in the Digital Age
retroaction” type traces. In the first case, the observer receives information relative to “observeds” described with the use model. By interpreting this information, the user/observer (teacher, student, etc.) will be able to act on the computing ...
J. Michael Spector, Dirk Ifenthaler, Kinshuk, 2010
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Advocacy after Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New ...
(1991 [1966], 243) Reference to Jacques Lacan's conceptualization of retroaction , anticipation, and punctuation is also useful, particularly for thinking about how the future anterior is actualized through the practice of advocacy. Retroaction ...
Kim Fortun, 2009
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Organized Worlds: Explorations in Technology and ...
Retroaction addresses the question of location in ambivalent, de-differentiated and dislocated fields such as those that Virilio identifies as especially symptomatic of cybernetic technologies with their refusal of simple placement in space-time.
Robert Chia, 2003
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The Thirteenth Congress: Rome 1958
Une autre inhibition que tout juriste doit connaltre. est l'fnM- bition retroactive, ou simplement retroaction, qui porte a oublier tout ce qui precede par exemple un accident quand celui-ci determine I'evanoussiment de celui que en a ete la ...
Horst Gundlach, 1998
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Topics in the History of Psychology
The Transfer and Retroaction Surface. Osgood's (1949) surface representing the joint effects of stimulus and of response similarity on transfer and retroaction is shown in Figure 3.7. Variations along the stimulus dimension (from identity ...
G. A. Kimble, K. Schlesinger, 2014

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETROACTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retroaction is used in the context of the following news items.
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Intellivision classics Astrosmash, Shark! Shark!, and Night Stalker …
Above: From left: Retroaction's Mike Kennedy, Intellivision Productions president Keith Robinson, Realtime president Dave Warhol, and designer John Sohl. «VentureBeat, May 15»

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