Words with the prefix retro-

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• Words with the prefix retro-
• The retro style
• Examples of words prefixed with retro-

Words with the prefix retro-

The prefixretro- refers to time and means "going backwards", "going to the past", "reversing a process" or "going back". For example: retrospective (control method where the results are entered again in the system for the optimization of the same and its behavior).

This prefix has a Latin origin and is opposed to the prefix neo- which means "new".

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The retro style

In some countries it is called retro to the style that evokes the past and is applied to clothing, decoration, music, architecture, etc.

Examples of words prefixed with retro-

1. Retroaction: Which has retroactive effect.
2. Retroactive: Which is valid from something past.
3. Feedback: Control method where the results are entered again in the system to optimize it and produce improvements in its behavior.
4. Back: Go back in space and time.
5. Recoil: Something that returns from the past.
6. Retrocommunication: Communication process in which a sender issues a message to a receiver, who responds to that message.
7. Backhoe loader: Excavating machine that has a shovel with which it drags the material towards itself.
8. Retrograde: Person or thing that goes backwards.
9. Aftertaste: Sensation or persistence of the flavor that certain foods leave after having passed through the mouth.
10. Retrofishing: Type of fishing that consists of the use of a trawl that is thrown to the bottom of the water so that it collects everything in its path.
11. Retro-propulsion: Reaction to the propulsion possessed by aircraft.
12. Overhead projector: A type of projector that reflects an image onto a screen that is located behind the person who is operating it.
13. Retropulsion: Act of throwing or throwing something backwards.
14. Retrospective: Which refers to a past tense.
15. Rollback: The location of an action to a time before it actually occurred.
16. Roll back: Return with the thought of a person to a memory or previous time.
17. Resale: Type of agreement that is carried out by both parties after the sale of something.
18. Retroversion: Anomaly or backward deviation of any organ of the body.
19. Retrovirus: A type of ribonucleic acid virus that has an enzyme that converts its gene pool to deoxyribonucleic acid when it enters the living cell.
20. Rearview: Small size mirror used by cars located on the inside and used to view the sides and back of the road and the car itself.

(!) Exceptions

Not all words that start with syllables re-tro correspond to this prefix. These are some exceptions:

• Back (uses the prefix re-): Instrument used in surgery to extract fluid as a punch.
• Come back (uses the prefix re-): Produce a thunderous or rumbling sound.

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