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1. (n.) retardation
the act of retarding or the state of being retarded.
2. retardation
something that retards; hindrance.
3. retardation
slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
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| Definition of 'Retardation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) deceleration, slowing, retardation
a decrease in rate of change
"the deceleration of the arms race"
2. (noun) retardation
the extent to which something is delayed or held back
3. (noun) retardant, retardent, retardation
any agent that retards or delays or hinders
"flame-retardant"
4. (noun) retardation, mental retardation, backwardness, slowness, subnormality
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
5. (noun) slowdown, lag, retardation
the act of slowing down or falling behind
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| Definition of 'Retardation' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Retardation
the act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration
2. (noun) Retardation
that which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction
3. (noun) Retardation
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. (noun) Retardation
the extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay
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