Usually means: Device that slows down vehicles.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word retarder:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. retarder: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. retarder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. retarder: Collins English Dictionary
  4. retarder: Wordnik
  5. retarder: Wiktionary
  6. retarder: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. retarder: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Retarder, retarder: Dictionary.com
  9. Retarder (chemistry), Retarder (mechanical engineering), Retarder (railroad), Retarder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Retarder: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. retarder: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Retarder, retarder: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. retarder: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. retarder: Free Dictionary
  15. retarder: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. retarder: Legal dictionary
  3. Glossary of Trucking Terms (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. retarder: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. retarder: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Retarder: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Retarder: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. retarder: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  3. The Stamp Store Glossary (concrete) (No longer online)
  4. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See retard as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (retarder)

noun:  Something which retards or slows.
noun:  (mechanical engineering) A device for slowing down large trucks, lorries, buses, shunted railway wagons.
noun:  (baking) A refrigerator used to slow down proofing of yeast when making dough.

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