, a term used by astronomers when a planet &c moves westward, or contrary to the order of the signs aries, taurus, &c.—Like as when it moves eastward, or according to the order of the signs aries, taurus, &c, it is then said to move in consequentia.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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