Definition of backward

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Backward (a.) Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child..

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Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) By way of reflection; reflexively.
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep..
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.
Retrograde :: Retrograde (v. i.) To go in a retrograde direction; to move, or appear to move, backward, as a planet..
Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..
Reredemain :: Reredemain (n.) A backward stroke.
Aback :: Aback (adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) The act of retrograding, or going backward; retrogradation..
Cursor :: Cursor (n.) Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
Rock :: Rock (v. i.) To roll or saway backward and forward upon a support; as, to rock in a rocking-chair..
Scizorhinal :: Scizorhinal (a.) Having the anterior nostrils prolonged backward in the form of a slit.
Caudad :: Caudad (adv.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.
Behind :: Behind (adv.) Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind..
Batter :: Batter (v. i.) To slope gently backward.
Amphipoda :: Amphipoda (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca..
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) Toward, or in, past time or events; ago..
Opisthotonos :: Opisthotonos (n.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.
Backward :: Backward (a.) Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state..
Retrogression :: Retrogression (n.) Backward development; a passing from a higher to a lower state of organization or structure, as when an animal, approaching maturity, becomes less highly organized than would be expected from its earlier stages or known relationship. Called also retrograde development, and regressive metamorphism..
Backwardation :: Backwardation (n.) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango..
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