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  • 1lagging indicator — ➔ indicator * * * lagging indicator UK US noun [C] (also lagging economic indicator) ► ECONOMICS a measure of economic activity that relates to events or developments in the past, not to changes that have taken place since those events or… …

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  • 2Lagging — Lag ging, n. 1. (Mach.) The clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; called also {deading} and {cleading}. [1913 Webster] 2. Lags, collectively; narrow… …

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  • 3lagging strand — lagging strand. См. отстающая цепь. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

    Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • 4lagging — index late (tardy), otiose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5lagging — ► NOUN ▪ material providing heat insulation for a boiler, pipes, etc …

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  • 6lagging — [lag′iŋ] n. [< LAG2 + ING] 1. thermal insulation for wrapping around pipes, boilers, etc. 2. a wood framework to support an arch while it is being built 3. Mining planks or timber used to prevent rocks from falling in a shaft or drift …

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  • 7Lagging indicator — A lagging indicator is an economic indicator that reacts slowly to economic changes, and therefore has little predictive value. Generally these types of indicators follow an event; they are historical in nature. For example, in a performance… …

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  • 8Lagging Indicator — 1. A measurable economic factor that changes after the economy has already begun to follow a particular pattern or trend. 2. A technical indicator that trails the price action of an underlying asset, and is used by traders to generate transaction …

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  • 9Lagging — Lag Lag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lagging}.] To walk or more slowly; to stay or fall behind; to linger or loiter. I shall not lag behind. Milton. Syn: To loiter; linger; saunter; delay; be tardy. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 10lagging — lagging1 laggingly, adv. /lag ing/, n. 1. the act of falling or staying behind. adj. 2. lingering; loitering; slow and dragging: lagging steps. [1590 1600; LAG1 + ING1, ING2] lagging2 /lag ing/, n. 1. the act of covering a boiler …

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