Definition of Retardation

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Retardation

The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration.

That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.

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.

The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay.

Related Definitions:

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Retardation Translations

retardation in Afrikaans is vertraging
retardation in Dutch is vertraging
retardation in German is Abbremsung {f}
retardation in Norwegian is forsinkelse
retardation in Portuguese is atraso
retardation in Spanish is retraso

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