regress

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Regress (from the Latin regressus , backward step, recourse ') stands for:

  • regressus in finitum : stepping back into the finite in a finite series
  • regressus in indefinitum : stepping back in a row that can be broken off at any point

The opposite is the progress, see progress (disambiguation) ; (Latin progressus ), cf. like Infinite Progress .


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