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• 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 retardation …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lag 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lag 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lag (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 …   Wikipedia

• lag — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• lag — 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… …   English dictionary

• lag — 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.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lag — [[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… …   English dictionary

• lag — 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• Lag 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lag of the tide — the interval by which the time of high or low water falls behind the mean time in the 2d and 4th quarters of the moon opposed to priming of the tide …   Useful english dictionary