retardation
nounEtymology
From retard + -ation.
Definitions
The act of retarding or delaying
The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
The extent to which anything is retarded
The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
Ellipsis of mental retardation.
›+ 4 more definitionsshow fewer
Extreme stupidity.
That which retards
That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
Deceleration
Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- [...] the effect is automatically to select a braking force which is higher at above 40 m.p.h., in the initial stages of retardation, but is reduced as the speed falls below 40 m.p.h.
A suspension which resolves upwards.
The neighborhood
- neighborretard
- neighborretardance
- neighborretardant
- neighborretardate
- neighborretardative
- neighborretarded
- neighborretarder
- neighborretardive
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at retardation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at retardation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at retardation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA