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Retardation
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What's The Definition Of Retardation?
[n] the act of slowing down or falling behind
[n] a decrease in speed; "the deceleration of the arms race" [n] lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [n] any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant" [n] the extent to which something is delayed or held back Synonyms | Synonyms for Retardation: backwardness | deceleration | lag | mental retardation | retardant | retardent | slowdown | slowing | slowness | subnormality Related Terms | Find terms related to Retardation: See Also | abnormality | agent | amentia | delay | delay | Down syndrome | Down's syndrome | fastness | hold | holdup | idiocy | imbecility | mental defectiveness | mental deficiency | mongolianism | mongolism | moronity | postponement | speed | stupidity | swiftness | time lag | trisomy 21 | wait Retardation In Webster's Dictionary \Re`tar*da"tion\, n. [L. retardatio: cf. F.
retardation.]
1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as,
the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to
{acceleration}.
The retardations of our fluent motion. --De Quinsey.
2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations.
--Sir W.
Scott.
3. (Mus.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord
by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into
the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from
suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of
retarding or delay.
{Retardation of the tide}.
(a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon
at the time of high tide any port; the interval
between the transit of the moon and the time of high
tide next following.
(b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under
{Retard}, n.
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