lag

(lăg)

v., lagged, lag·ging, lags.

v.intr.

1. To fail to keep up a pace; straggle.
2. To proceed or develop with comparative slowness: The electric current lags behind the voltage.
3. To fail, weaken, or slacken gradually; flag.
4. Games. To determine the order of play in billiards by successively hitting the cue ball against the end rail, the ball rebounding closest to the head rail indicating the player to shoot first.

v.tr.

1. To cause to hang back or fall behind.
2. To shoot, throw, or pitch (a coin, for example) at a mark.

n.

1. The act, process, or condition of lagging.
2. One that lags.
3. A condition of slowness or retardation.
4. 1. The extent or duration of lagging: "He wondered darkly at how great a lag there was between his thinking and his actions" (Thomas Wolfe).
   2. An interval between events or phenomena considered together.

[From earlier lag, last person, from Middle English lag-, last (in lagmon, last man), perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

lagger lag'ger n.

lag² (lăg)
n.

1. A barrel stave.
2. A strip, as of wood, that forms a part of the covering for a cylindrical object.

tr.v., lagged, lag·ging, lags.
To furnish or cover with lags.

[Probably of Scandinavian origin, akin to Swedish lagg.]

lag³ (lăg) Chiefly British Slang.
tr.v., lagged, lag·ging, lags.

1. To arrest.
2. To send to prison.

n.

1. A convict.
2. An ex-convict.

[Origin unknown.]

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verb

1. To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dally, dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, drag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one'sfeetheels, mark time, take one's time. See fast/slow/velocity.
2. To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired: delay, detain, hang up, hold up, retard, set back, slow (down or up), stall². See help/harm/harmless, time.

noun

1. The condition or fact of being made late or slow: delay, detainment, holdup, retardation. See help/harm/harmless, time.
2. One that lags: dawdler, dilly-dallier, laggard, lagger, lingerer, loiterer, poke, procrastinator, straggler, tarrier. Informal slowpoke. See fast/slow/velocity.

v

Definition: move slowly; delay
Antonyms: hurry, lead, run, rush

[MUD, IRC; very common] When used without qualification this is synonymous with netlag. Curiously, people will often complain “I'm really lagged” when in fact it is their server or network connection that is lagging.

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On drawings, abbr. for lagging.

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Difference in time between two waveforms of the same frequency expressed in degrees. Example: One waveform lags another waveform by a certain number of degrees.

i. A delay or time interval in an instrument like the vertical speed indicator (VSI) or an altimeter between the actual event and its display. An altimeter lags in steep descent and very steep climbs, while some lag is inherent on all VSIs.
ii. The angular crankshaft movement between a reference position such as TDC (top dead center), BDC (bottom dead center), and the opening or closure of a valve. Also called valve lag.



iii. The angular movement between the helicopter hub and the temporary slower blade.
iv. The delay in the human reaction to an event.

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noun
noun, dated

1: A convict, prisoner; esp. in phr. old lag, an ex-convict or habitual convict. (1812 —) .
Sunday Mail Magazine (Brisbane): The old lags inhabiting Queensland's prisons in 1885 must have been disappointed when the colony's official flogger, John Hutton, retired (1989).

2: A term of imprisonment or transportation. (1821 —) . verb trans. dated

3: To send to prison or transport. (1812 —) .

4: To arrest. (1847 —) .

[Origin unknown; cf. obs. lag verb, to carry off, steal.]

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1. the time elapsing between application of a stimulus and the resulting reaction.
2. the early period after inoculation of bacteria into a culture medium, in which the growth or cell division is slow.

• l. screw — a screw used in compression plating of bone fractures; it has U-shaped threads.

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• Directions - lag: fail to keep up; fall back

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. intr. - bevæge sig langsomt, komme bagefter, drysse, smøle, komme bagud, sakke bagud
v. tr. - forsinke
n. - forsinkelse, det at være bagud, arbejde der skal indhentes, tidsforskel

2.
v. tr. - varmeisolere, beklæde med varmeisolation
n. - strimmel af isolationsmateriale

3.
n. - straffefange, deporteret forbryder
v. tr. - arrestere, sætte i fængsel, deportere

Nederlands (Dutch)
achterblijven, achteraan komen, dralen, isoleren (boiler), met eerste stoot beslissen wie begint (biljart), verslappen, veroordelen, deporteren, vertraging, achterstand, tijdsverloop, achterste/ laatste, duig van een vat, isolering van boilers, veroordeelde/ gedeporteerde

Français (French)
1.
v. intr. - traîner, être à la traîne, (fig) être en retard sur
v. tr. - traîner
n. - décalage, retard

2.
v. tr. - calorifuger, isoler (un toit)
n. - isolation (thermique)

3.
n. - repris de justice, récidiviste (arg)
v. tr. - arrêter/mettre en prison

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - zurückbleiben, nachlassen, (Elek) nacheilen
n. - Zurückbleiben, Verzögerung, Festlegung der Spielfolge

2.
v. - isolieren
n. - Isolierung

3.
n. - (ugs.) Knastbruder, Sträfling, Knacki
v. - (ugs.) verhaften, ins Gefängnis stecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καθυστερώ, βραδυπορώ, μένω πίσω, μονώνω
n. - (καθ)υστέρηση, (χρονικό) κενό

Italiano (Italian)
indebolirsi, restare indietro

Português (Portuguese)
v. - atrasar-se
n. - atraso (m)

Русский (Russian)
отставать, арестовывать, покрывать изоляцией, отставание, запаздывание, каторжник, клепка

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. intr. - rezagarse, retrasarse, andar muy despacio, demorarse
v. tr. - andar muy despacio, no poder seguir el ritmo
n. - retardo, retraso, rezagado

2.
v. tr. - aislar, revestir, forrar
n. - revestimiento aislante, listón, forro

3.
n. - presidiario, convicto, ex-convicto, sentencia
v. tr. - encarcelar, poner en prisión

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bli efter, komma på efterkälken, mattas, (sl.) haffa, sy in (brottsling), värmeisolera
n. - försening, förskjutning, eftersläpning, stav, (dial.) lagg (i träkärl)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 走得慢, 延迟, 落后, 滞缓, 落后于, 滞后于, 衰退, 滞后, 落后程度

2. 桶板, 绝热层, 外套, 给...装外套

3. 押往监狱, 囚犯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 桶板, 絕熱層, 外套
v. tr. - 給...裝外套

2.
v. intr. - 走得慢, 延遲, 落後, 滯緩
v. tr. - 落後於, 滯後於
n. - 落後, 衰退, 滯後, 落後程度

3.
v. tr. - 押往監獄
n. - 囚犯

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. intr. - 처지다 , 공을 치다, 시들다
v. tr. - 뒤쳐지게 하다, 시들게 하다
n. - 지연, 지체, 공치기

2.
v. tr. - 피복제로 싸다
n. - 통의 널판, 외피

3.
n. - 죄수, 복역기간, 투옥
v. tr. - 투옥하다, 체포하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 遅れる, ついて行けなくなる, ぐずつく, 薄れる, 断熱材で覆う, 投獄する
n. - 遅延, ずれ, 囚人, 服役期間

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتخلف, يتلكأ, يتباطأ, يتوانى, يفتر (الاسم) تخلف, تلكؤ, تباطؤ, فتور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התקדם לאט‬
v. tr. - ‮פיגר‬
n. - ‮איחור, האטה בזרם‬
v. tr. - ‮בידד‬
n. - ‮מכסה מבודד-חום של דוד-חימום, אסיר‬
n. - ‮תקופת-מאסר, אסיר, בדוקאי - עבריין חוזר לסורו, פושע‬
v. tr. - ‮אסר‬

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