Crossword-Solution: RETARDATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Retardation | n. | The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration. |
| Retardation | n. | That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. |
| Retardation | 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. |
| Retardation | n. | The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or delay. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “RETARDATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| INABILITY of tissue cells to use phenylalanine, condition due to | 1 answer |
| Slowness in progress | 1 answer |
| the extent to which something is delayed or held back | 1 answer |
| gradualism | 4 answers |
| CENTRAL nervous system damage/disease | 6 answers |
| slow motion | 7 answers |
| deceleration | 9 answers |
| slowing | 39 answers |
| Delay | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RETARDATION (5)
Poyser’s wishes were quite the reverse of this, for her mind was filled with dreary forebodings as to the retardation of to-morrow morning’s cheese in consequence of these late hours.
But I realized my social retardation and stood apart, by my own choice, in certain extracurricular activities.
Formed associations of ideas and habits are usually factors of retardation in such changes of equilibrium.
Then came a sudden retardation, instantly followed by an inexpressibly disconcerting tilt downward of the machine.
The question of retardation of labor, like that of premature birth, is open to much discussion, and authorities differ as to the limit of protraction with viability.
Quotes with RETARDATION (3)
Think of something, Oh yes! Think of something. Your life must not be in retardation so think of something! Think of growth for that is the whole essence of life!
The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic weapons and helpers are, with the necessary narrative retardation, at his beck and call.
Like other kinds of intelligence, the storyteller's is partlynatural, partly trained. It is composed of several qualities, mostof which, in normal people, are signs of either immaturity orincivility: wit (a tendency to make irreverent connections);obstinacy and a tendency toward churlishness (a refusal tobelieve what all sensible people know is true); childishness (anapparent lack of mental focus and serious life purpose, a fondnessfor daydreaming and telling pointless lies, …
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1980).