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RETARDA'TION, n. The act of abating the velocity of motion; hinderance; the act of delaying; as the retardation of the motion of a ship; the retardation of hoary hairs.

1913 Definition
Retardation (retardation)
n.(?)
Re`tar*da"tion
[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. 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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