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• behind — I. adverb or adjective Etymology: Middle English behinde, from Old English behindan, from be + hindan from behind; akin to Old English hinder behind more at hind Date: before 12th century 1. a. in the place or situation that is being or has been… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Lagged Fibonacci generator — A Lagged Fibonacci generator (LFG) is an example of a pseudorandom number generator. This class of random number generator is aimed at being an improvement on the standard linear congruential generator. These are based on a generalisation of the… …   Wikipedia

• Lagged — 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lagged, lagging — verb 1 (I) to move or develop more slowly than others: Britain was still lagging in the space race. (+ behind): Jessica always lags behind, looking in shop windows. 2 (T) BrE to cover water pipes etc with a special material to prevent heat from… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• was behind in his studies — lagged behind his fellow students, needed to catch up on his studies …   English contemporary dictionary

• lagged — læg n. slowness; lateness; delay, lingering; (Computers) lapse resulting from slow response time between two computers; measurement of delay (Mechanics); rim of a drum n. (British Slang) criminal, prisoner, ex convict; prison time v. fall behind …   English contemporary dictionary

• fell behind — was behind everyone else, lagged behind all the others, stayed in the back …   English contemporary dictionary

• was left behind — stayed behind, lagged behind, delayed, took one s time …   English contemporary dictionary

• lag behind someone — lag behind (someone/something) to not be at the level that someone or something else has already achieved. The pay for government workers lags behind the pay for workers in private industry. He lagged far behind his classmates in reading and math …   New idioms dictionary

• lag behind something — lag behind (someone/something) to not be at the level that someone or something else has already achieved. The pay for government workers lags behind the pay for workers in private industry. He lagged far behind his classmates in reading and math …   New idioms dictionary

• lag behind — (someone/something) to not be at the level that someone or something else has already achieved. The pay for government workers lags behind the pay for workers in private industry. He lagged far behind his classmates in reading and math skills.… …   New idioms dictionary