Word
Retardation
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
re-tar-da-tion
Definition
- n. - The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying;
as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to
acceleration.
- n. - That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- n. - 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.
- n. - The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount
of retarding or delay.
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