retardation : Idioms & Phrases

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Acceleration and retardation of the tides

  • . See Priming of the tides, under Priming.
Webster 1913

mental retardation

  • noun lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
    retardation; subnormality; slowness; backwardness.
WordNet

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.
Webster 1913