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retardation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Retardation \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: retardation n 1: decrease in velocity [syn: {deceleration}, {slowing}] [ant: {acceleration}] 2: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities [syn: {mental retardation}, {backwardness}, {slowness}, {subnormality}] 3: the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: {slowdown}, {lag}]
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