Dictionary Entry
retardation
retardation is a 11-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.
- 2noun
That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.
- 5noun
the act of slowing down or falling behind
- 6noun
a decrease in rate of change
"the deceleration of the arms race"
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- 7noun
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
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- 8noun
any agent that retards or delays or hinders
"flame-retardant"
- 9noun
the extent to which something is delayed or held back
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