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Regression  n.  The act of passing back or returning; retrogression; retrogradation.
Edge of regression (of a surface) (Geom.), the line along which a surface turns back upon itself; called also a cuspidal edge.
Regression point (Geom.), a cusp.






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"Regression" Quotes from Famous Books



... I always leave a theatre with a vague depression of spirits; everyday humdrum life chills me when I come out to the street. Reality is always difficult to face. The great popularity of the cinema is due to this human desire for make-believe. Cinema-going is a regression to the infantile; we return to the childish phase where the wish was all powerful. In the cinema the villain is always worsted; the wronged heroine always falls into the hero's arms at the end. Life for most of ...
— A Dominie in Doubt • A. S. Neill

... girls shown marked increase of all memory forms about the twelfth year. This relative increase is exceeded only in the fourteenth year for visual concepts. The thirteenth year shows the greatest increase for sounds and a remarkable regression for objects in passing from the lowest to the next ...
— Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene • G. Stanley Hall



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