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1Lag — Lag, n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] The lag of all the flock. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The fag end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. [1913 Webster] The common lag of people. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The amount of retardation …
2Lag of the tide — Lag Lag, n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] The lag of all the flock. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The fag end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. [1913 Webster] The common lag of people. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The amount of… …
3Lag screw — Lag Lag, n. 1. One who lags; that which comes in last. [Obs.] The lag of all the flock. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. The fag end; the rump; hence, the lowest class. [1913 Webster] The common lag of people. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The amount of… …
4Lag (disambiguation) — Lag refers to delays experienced in computing and communications.Lag may also refer to:* A measure for spatial dependence in a sampling variogram *Lag (cue sports), brief pre game competition to determine which player will break the rack *Lagging …
5lag — lag1 [læg] v past tense and past participle lagged present participle lagging [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [I and T] to move or develop more slowly than others lag behind ▪ She stopped to wait for Ian who… …
6lag — I UK [læɡ] / US verb Word forms lag : present tense I/you/we/they lag he/she/it lags present participle lagging past tense lagged past participle lagged 1) [intransitive] to not be as successful or advanced as another person, organization, or… …
7lag — lag1 [ læg ] verb 1. ) intransitive to not be as successful or advanced as other organizations or groups: TRAIL: Recent opinion polls showed the Republicans to be lagging by 13%. lag behind: Their software tends to lag behind other producers. 2.… …
8lag — [[t]læ̱g[/t]] lags, lagging, lagged 1) VERB If one thing or person lags behind another thing or person, their progress is slower than that of the other thing or person. [V behind n] Britain still lags behind most of Europe in its provisions for… …
9lag — lag1 verb (lags, lagging, lagged) 1》 fall behind; follow after a delay. 2》 N. Amer. another term for string (in sense 6). noun (also time lag) a period of time between two events; a delay. Derivatives lagger noun …
10Lag screw — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …
