lag (Meaning)
lag (n)
the act of slowing down or falling behind
the time between one event, process, or period and another
one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
lag (v)
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
cover with lagging to prevent heat loss
lag (a.)
Coming tardily after or behind; slow; tardy.
Last; long-delayed; -- obsolete, except in the phrase lag end.
Last made; hence, made of refuse; inferior.
lag (n.)
One who lags; that which comes in last.
The fag-end; the rump; hence, the lowest class.
The amount of retardation of anything, as of a valve in a steam engine, in opening or closing.
A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (Mach.), one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or a steam engine.
See Graylag.
One transported for a crime.
The failing behind or retardation of one phenomenon with respect to another to which it is closely related; as, the lag of magnetization compared with the magnetizing force (hysteresis); the lag of the current in an alternating circuit behind the impressed electro-motive force which produced it.
lag (v. i.)
To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter.
lag (v. t.)
To cause to lag; to slacken.
To cover, as the cylinder of a steam engine, with lags. See Lag, n., 4.
To transport for crime.
Synonyms & Antonyms of lag
lag Sentence Examples
- His computer experienced lag while playing the online game.
- The runner started to lag behind the other competitors in the race.
- Due to the construction, there was a noticeable lag in traffic.
- The delayed response from the server caused a significant lag in the application.
- A lag in global economic growth is expected due to the current crisis.
- The jet lag from the long flight took several days to adjust to.
- Technology companies are constantly working to reduce lag in their software and applications.
- The debate between the two candidates was characterized by lag and interruptions.
- The hikers had to contend with significant lag in their progress due to the heavy snowfall.
- The lag in test results caused concern and uncertainty among the students.
FAQs About the word lag
the act of slowing down or falling behind, the time between one event, process, or period and another, one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a
lowest, latest,final, concluding, latter, closing, last, ensuing, eventual, rearmost
beginning,initial, beginning, primary, pioneer, earliest, primary, first, earliest, opening
His computer experienced lag while playing the online game.
The runner started to lag behind the other competitors in the race.
Due to the construction, there was a noticeable lag in traffic.
The delayed response from the server caused a significant lag in the application.
