Definitions from Wiktionary (retardation)
▸ noun: The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
▸ noun: (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
▸ noun: (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
▸ noun: (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
▸ noun: The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
▸ noun: (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
▸ noun: That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
▸ noun: (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
▸ noun: (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
▸ noun: (psychology, dated, offensive) Ellipsis of mental retardation. [(psychology, dated) A developmental disability in which the person has a very low intelligence quotient, usually below 70, plus difficulty in multiple areas of daily life. Evidence of this disability must have appeared before the person reached adulthood for diagnosis.]
mental retardation,
growth retardation,
Psychomotor retardation,
reading retardation,
severe retardation,
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▸ noun: The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
▸ noun: (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
▸ noun: (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
▸ noun: (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
▸ noun: The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
▸ noun: (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
▸ noun: That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
▸ noun: (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
▸ noun: (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
▸ noun: (psychology, dated, offensive) Ellipsis of mental retardation. [(psychology, dated) A developmental disability in which the person has a very low intelligence quotient, usually below 70, plus difficulty in multiple areas of daily life. Evidence of this disability must have appeared before the person reached adulthood for diagnosis.]
Similar:
lag,
backwardness,
slowing,
deceleration,
slowdown,
mental retardation,
subnormality,
retardment,
retarding,
restrainment,
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Adjectives:
mental,
severe,
intrauterine,
mild,
fetal,
moderate,
developmental,
profound,
intellectual,
linked,
familial
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