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1. lag
   Type: Term Pronunciation: lag Definitions: 1. To move or progress more slowly than normal; to fall behind. 2. The act or condition of falling behind. 3. The time interval between a change in one variable and a consequent change in another variable.
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2. Lag
   Payment of a financial obligation later than is expected or required, as in lead and lag. Also, the number of periods that an independent variable in a regression model is 'held back' in order to predict the dependent variable.
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3. lag
   [v] - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc. 2. [v] - throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins 3. [v] - cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
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4. lag
   the failure of the output current to follow variations of the light input instantaneously Category: Electrical engineering and energy • One unit of the pattern chain controlling the operating of a dobby,box-motion,or other mechanism. Category: Various industries and crafts • ...
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5. Lag
   Lag adjective [ Of Celtic origin: confer Gael. & Ir. lag weak, feeble, faint, W. llag , llac , slack, loose, remiss, sluggish; probably akin to English lax , languid .] 1. Coming tardily after or behind; slow;...
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6. Lag
   Lag noun 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [ Obsolete] 'The lag of all the flock.' Pope. 2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. « The common lag of people.» Shak. 3.<...
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7. Lag
   Lag intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lagged ; present participle & verbal noun Lagging .] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. 'I shall not ...
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8. Lag
   Lag transitive verb 1. To cause to lag; to slacken. [ Obsolete] 'To lag his flight.' Heywood. 2. (Machinery) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag , noun , 4.
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9. Lag
   Lag noun One transported for a crime. [ Slang, Eng.]
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10. Lag
    Lag transitive verb To transport for crime. [ Slang, Eng.] « She lags us if we poach.» De Quincey.
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11. Lag
    Lag noun The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating circ...
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12. lag
    1. One who lags; that which comes in last. 'The lag of all the flock.' ... 2. The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. 'The common lag of people.' (Shak) ... 3. The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing. ... 4. A stave of a cask, drum, etc. ...
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13. lag
    dawdle 1 fall back verb hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
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14. lag
    verb throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
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15. Lag
    Payment of a financial obligation later than is expected or required, as in lead and lag. Also, the number of periods that an dependent variable in a regression model is 'held back' in order to predict the dependent variable.
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16. lag
    (lag) the time elapsing between application of a stimulus and the resulting reaction. the early period after inoculation of bacteria into a culture medium, in which the growth or cell division is slow. lag of accommodation the extent to which the eyes fail to focus accuratel...
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17. Lag
    • (n.) A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine. • (v. t.) To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4. ...
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18. Lag
    A late or delayed payment of a financial obligation; also meaning the number of periods that a variable in a model is held back in an effort to predict the dependent variable. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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19. Lag
    Lag is slang for a convict.
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20. lag
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21. Lag
    The condition where the current is delayed in time with respect to the voltage in an ac circuit (for example, an inductive load).
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22. Lag
    Lag is slang for a convict.
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23. lag
    
    • the act of slowing down or falling behind
    • the time between one event, process, or period and another
    • one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
    
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24. lag
    effect seen when the picture changes and a positive or negative residue of the preceding picture is superimposed on the new picture
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25. lag
    To putt the ball with the intention leaving it short to ensure being able to hole out on the next stroke
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