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prograding

prograding is the present participle and gerund of prograde.

Meaning of prograde

Verb

prograde (third-person singular simple present progrades, present participle prograding, simple past and past participle prograded)

  1. Of sediment, to build out seawards in conditions of marine regression.
    • In some localities the bank margins of several cycles are stacked above each other^([sic]), in other places they backstep or prograde relative to each other.1992, R.H Workum, A.S. Hedinger, Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 2509, page 41

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Questions about prograding

What is prograding the present participle and gerund of?
Prograding is the present participle and gerund of prograde.

Words near prograding in the dictionary

  1. progradationally
  2. progradations
  3. prograde
  4. prograded
  5. progrades
  6. prograding
  7. program
  8. program cabinet
  9. program cabinets
  10. program committee
  11. program committees

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