retrogradation

  1. Noun.  Motion in a retrograde manner.
  2. Noun.  Decline, degradation.
  3. Noun.  (chemistry) A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale.

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