retrogradation

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Motion in a retrograde manner
A reaction that takes place in gelatinized starch when the amylose and amylopectin chains realign themselves, largely responsible for bread becoming stale

The major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation, in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.

Decline, degradation
{n} the act of going backwards
The state of being retrograde; decline
The act of retrograding, or moving backward
retrogradation
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