Definitions For Retrogradation
Noun
RETROGRADATION. (countable and uncountable, plural RETROGRADATIONs) Motion in a retrograde manner. decline, decline, degradation. (chemistry) A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale. : The major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation, in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.Etymology
retrograde + ationIs Retrogradation a Scrabble Word?
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The word Retrogradation is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends