The rapid currents drive Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
retreating — adj. Retreating is used with these nouns: ↑army, ↑figure, ↑footstep … Collocations dictionary
Retreating blade stall — is a hazardous flight condition in helicopters and other rotary wing aircraft, where the rotor blade rotating away from the direction of flight stalls. The stall is due to low relative airspeed and/or excessive angle of attack (or AOA).… … Wikipedia
retreating-blade stall — The stall of a helicopter rotor disc that occurs starting at the tip of the retreating blade. This happens when the helicopter forward speed is high. The individual angle of attack of the retreating blade becomes larger because the downward blade … Aviation dictionary
retreating blade — The process of the rotor blade moving away from the relative airflow (i.e., in the direction opposite to which the helicopter is flying). See retreating blade stall … Aviation dictionary
retreating — Synonyms and related words: boat shaped, boatlike, bowl shaped, bowllike, cavelike, cavernous, concave, concaved, craterlike, cup shaped, cupped, cymbiform, declining, diminishing, dish shaped, dished, dishing, dishlike, dwindling, dying, ebbing … Moby Thesaurus
retreating — re·treat || rɪ trɪËt n. withdrawal, act of drawing back; sanctuary, refuge, haven; period of seclusion for study or prayer v. draw back, withdraw, pull back, depart … English contemporary dictionary
retreating — … Useful english dictionary
Vilnian National Guard — Retreating French army after unsuccessful invasion of Russia in 1812 at the Town Hall of Vilnius Vilnian National Guard (Polish: Gwardia Narodowa Wileńska) was a paramilitary unit formed in the city of Vilna (modern Vilnius, Lithuani … Wikipedia
Retreat of glaciers since 1850 — The retreat of glaciers since 1850, worldwide and rapid, affects the availability of fresh water for irrigation and domestic use, mountain recreation, animals and plants that depend on glacier melt, and in the longer term, the level of the oceans … Wikipedia
Meridian Ridge Campaign — Part of the Chinese Civil War Date August 13, 1947 August 18, 1947 Location Southern Shaanxi and eastern Gansu, China … Wikipedia
