Word: retrogressive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...wave-forms usually move from west to east in a stately procession. They drift fastest when the wind aloft is blowing hard and when the distance between the waves is comparatively short. When the waves are far apart and the wind is feeble, the waves may actually "retrogress," moving feebly toward the west...