Retroactive continuity — is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction.cite news |first=Sam |last=Leith |title=Worshipping Doctor Who from behind the sofa |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/07/05/d… … Wikipedia
retroactive — ret·ro·ac·tive /ˌre trō ak tiv/ adj: extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past; esp: made effective as of a date prior to enactment, promulgation, or imposition a retroactive tax see also … Law dictionary
retroactive — ret‧ro‧ac‧tive [ˌretrəʊˈæktɪv◂ ǁ troʊ ] adjective formal LAW a law or decision that is retroactive is effective from a particular date in the past; = RETROSPECTIVE: retroactive to • The company said it will adopt the new accounting method… … Financial and business terms
Retroactive nomenclature — is the telling of the earlier history of a person, place or thing while referring to said person, place or thing by a name that came into use at a later date.One easily understandable example of retroactive nomenclature is an Anglo American… … Wikipedia
retroactive — [re΄trōak′tiv] adj. [Fr rétroactif: see RETROACT & IVE] 1. having application to or effect on things done prior to its enactment [a retroactive law] 2. going into effect as of a specified date in the past [a retroactive increase] retroactively… … English World dictionary
retroactive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (especially of legislation) taking effect from a date in the past. DERIVATIVES retroaction noun retroactively adverb … English terms dictionary
retroactive — ret|ro|ac|tive [ˌretrəuˈæktıv US trou ] adj formal a law or decision that is retroactive is effective from a particular date in the past = ↑retrospective ▪ a retroactive pay increase retroactive to ▪ The legislation is retroactive to 1st June.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
retroactive — [[t]re̱troʊæ̱ktɪv[/t]] ADJ If a decision or action is retroactive, it is intended to take effect from a date in the past. [FORMAL] There are few precedents for the sort of retroactive legislation the banks want. Syn: retrospective Derived words:… … English dictionary
retroactive — adjective formal a law or decision that is retroactive is effective from a particular date in the past: a retroactive pay increase see also: retrospective 1 retroactively adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
retroactive — adjective Etymology: French rétroactif, from Latin retroactus, past participle of retroagere to drive back, reverse, from retro + agere to drive more at agent Date: 1611 extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed… … New Collegiate Dictionary
retroactive — retroactively, adv. retroactivity, n. /re troh ak tiv/, adj. 1. operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law. 2. pertaining to a pay raise effective as of a past date. [1605 15; RETRO + ACTIVE] * * * … Universalium
