retrograde wave
retrograde wave
[′re·trə‚grād ′wāv] (meteorology)
An atmospheric wave which moves in a direction opposite to that of the flow in which the wave is embedded; retrogression of a particular wave on daily charts is rarely seen, but is frequently observed on 4-day or monthly mean charts.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The Doppler spectrum obtained from normal subjects, therefore is multiphasic, two large antegrade diastolic and systolic waves and a small
retrograde wave corresponding to atrial systole.
Afterwards a
retrograde wave of the dislocation of the inferior wall toward the orbit was noticed.
For example, size and speed might be correlated in species that crawl using
retrograde waves, but not in species using arrhythmic waves.
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