- 1. n. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration. Source: opted
- 2. n. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. Source: opted
- 3. n. 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. Source: opted
- 4. n. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. Source: opted
- 5. n. a decrease in rate of change Source: wordnet
- 6. n. the extent to which something is delayed or held back Source: wordnet
- 7. n. any agent that retards or delays or hinders Source: wordnet
- 8. n. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities Source: wordnet
- 9. n. the act of slowing down or falling behind Source: wordnet
- 10. 1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to Ant: 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. Source: webster
- 11. The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord byprolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into theintermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension byresolving upwards instead of downwards. Source: adambom
- 12. n:100 n. the extent to which something is delayed or held back n. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities Source: ecdict
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