retardation
Retardation is a 11 letter word which starts with the letter R and ends with the letter N for which we found 4 definitions.
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| (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration. |
| (n.) That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. |
| (n.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards. |
| (n.) The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. |
Syllable Information
The word retardation is a 11 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for retardation is: re-tar-da-tion
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