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Retardation word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "retardation" word

[noun] the act of slowing down or falling behind
[noun] a decrease in speed; "the deceleration of the arms race"
[noun] lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
[noun] any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant"
[noun] the extent to which something is delayed or held back
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\Re`tar*da"tion\, n. [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. (Mus.) 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.

Synonyms for retardation

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

Antonyms: acceleration

See also: abnormality | agent | amentia | delay | delay | Down syndrome | Down's syndrome | fastness | hold | holdup | idiocy | imbecility | mental defectiveness | mental deficiency | mongolianism | mongolism | moronity | postponement | speed | stupidity | swiftness | time lag | trisomy 21 | wait |

The fun area, different aproach to word »retardation«

Let's analyse "retardation" as pure text. This string has Eleven letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 45.5% of vowels is 6.9% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NOITADRATER. Average typing speed for these characters is 2975 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: retardation: 5 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 6 = 22, reduced: 22 . and the final result is Twenty-Two.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: retardation: 9 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 9 + 6 + 5 = 53, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (2) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1) 4 Emperor Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (1) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (1) 9 Hermit Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1) 14 Temperance Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (2) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
T (2) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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