retardation

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 commonly

retardment

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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	retardation - a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race" deceleration, slowing 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" retardant, retardent 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 backwardness, mental retardation, subnormality, slowness 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 amentia, idiocy - extreme 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 lag, slowdown delay, holdup - the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

retardation

noun

The condition or fact of being made late or slow:

delay, detainment, holdup, lag.

Translations

إعاقَه، تأخير

zpomalení

forsinkelse

Verzögerung

retard

késleltetés

seinkun

ritardo

hemmingpsykisk hemming

gecik me

延迟

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. vertraag يُعيق، يُعَرْقِل забавям retardar zpomalit verzögern sinke καθυστερώretrasar pidurdama به تاخیر انداختن؛ به تعویق افتادن؛ عقب افتاده ذهنی شدن hidastaa retarder לְפָגֵר प्रगति रोकना usporiti, otegnuti késleltet terlambat, terbelakang seinka, tefja ritardare 遅らせる 더디게 하다 sulėtinti, sulaikyti []kavēt; palēnināt; kavēties; palēnināties membantutkan vertragenforsinke; hefte; hemmezahamować, opóźniać مخه نيول، وروكول ، ستنول غړنده كول، پڅول retardar a în­târzia замедлять, задерживать spomaliť zavirati usporiti försena, bromsa, hämma ทำให้ช้า geciktirmek 遲緩，阻礙 сповільнювати; гальмувати رفتار کم کرنا làm chậm lại 延迟，放慢

ˌretarˈdation (riːtaː-) noun

vertraging إعاقَه، تأخير забавяне atraso zpomalení die Verzögerung forsinkelse καθυστέρησηretraso pidurdamine عقب اندازی؛ کند سازی hidastaminen retardפיגור रोक usporenje, retardacija késleltetés keterlambatan seinkun ritardo 遅れ 지연 atsilikimas, sulėtinimas []kavēšana; aizture pembantutan vertragingforsinkelse, hemmingzahamowanie مخه نيول، وروكونه ، سستونه ، پڅوالى atraso întârziere замедление; отставание spomalenie, omeškanie (vo vývoji) zaostajanje usporenje försening, hämmande การมีสติปัญญาเรียนรู้ได้ช้า; สิ่งที่ทำให้ล่าช้า gecikme 遲緩 сповільнення, затримка رکاوٹ sự chậm lại 延迟

reˈtarded adjective

a mentally retarded child. vertraagde مُعاق، مُتَخَلِّف бавно развиващо се дете atrasado zaostalý zurückgeblieben retarderet καθυστερημένος, διανοητικά ανάπηρος retrasado alaarenenud, arengupeetusega عقب افتاده از نظر ذهنی jälkeenjäänyt arriéréמפגר मंदित, पिछड़ा duševno zaostao, debilan (fig.) fogyatékos terbelakang seinþroska ritardato 知恵遅れの 지체된 atsilikęs atpalicis (attīstībā) terbantut achterlijkpsykisk utviklingshemmetopóźniony له ذهني نظره شاتي پاتي atrasado retardat замедленный; отсталый zaostalý vo vývoji, retardovaný zaostal retardiran utvecklingsstörd ซึ่งมีพัฒนาการทางสติปัญญาช้า zekâ özürlü (智力)發育遲緩的 відсталий سست chậm phát triển 智力迟钝的

re·tar·da·tion

n. retraso, atraso, retardo anormal de una función motora o mental;

psychomotora ___ → ___ psicomotor.

V.: mental retardation

retardation

n retraso, retardo; intrauterine growth — (ant) V. intrauterine growth restriction bajo restriction; mental —* discapacidad intelectual, retraso mental^†

* potencialmente ofensivo ^† potentially offensive