retardation

Meanings

Plural: retardations

Noun

• a decrease in rate of change
• the extent to which something is delayed or held back
• any agent that retards or delays or hinders
• lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
• the act of slowing down or falling behind
• The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
• The distance by which one wave is behind another.
• The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
• The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
• The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
• A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
• The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
• Ellipsis of mental retardation.
• Extreme stupidity.
• That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
• Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
• A suspension which resolves upwards.

Synonyms

backwardness, deceleration, lag, mental retardation, retardant, retardent, slowdown, slowing, slowness, subnormality

Antonyms

acceleration

Related Words

retard, retardance, retardant, retardate, retardative, retarded, retarder, retardive