retardation
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re·tar·da·tion
(rē′tär-dā′shən)n.
1.
a. The act or process of delaying or impeding.
b. The condition of being delayed or impeded.
2. The extent to which something is held back or delayed.
3. Something that retards; a delay or hindrance.
4. Often Offensive Intellectual disability.
5. Music A diminishing of tempo; a retard.
retardation
(ˌriːtɑːˈdeɪʃən) or less commonlyretardment
n
1. the act of retarding or the state of being retarded
2. something that retards; hindrance
3. the rate of deceleration
4. (Psychiatry) psychiatry the slowing down of mental functioning and bodily movement
reˈtardative, reˈtardatory adj
re•tar•da•tion
(ˌri tɑrˈdeɪ ʃən)n.
1. the act of retarding or the state of being retarded.
2. something that retards; hindrance.
3. slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
2. | retardation - the extent to which something is delayed or held back delay, postponement, time lag, wait, hold - time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" | |
3. | retardation - any agent that retards or delays or hinders; "flame-retardant" agent - an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents" | |
4. | retardation - lack of normal development of intellectual capacities stupidity - a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience mental defectiveness, abnormality - retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence mental deficiency, moronity - mild mental retardation imbecility - retardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot | |
5. | retardation - the act of slowing down or falling behind |
retardation
nounThe condition or fact of being made late or slow:
Translations
إعاقَه، تأخير
zpomalení
forsinkelse
késleltetés
seinkun
gecik me
retard
(rəˈtaːd) verb to make slower or later. The country's economic progress was retarded by strikes; The baby's development was retarded by an accident he had shortly after birth.
ˌretarˈdation (riːtaː-) nounreˈtarded adjective
a mentally retarded child.
re·tar·da·tion
n. retraso, atraso, retardo anormal de una función motora o mental;
psychomotora ___ → ___ psicomotor.
V.: mental retardationretardation
n retraso, retardo; intrauterine growth — (ant) V. intrauterine growth restriction bajo restriction; mental —* discapacidad intelectual, retraso mental†* potencialmente ofensivo † potentially offensive