"retardation" meaning in English

See retardation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: retardations [plural]
Etymology: From retard + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retard|ation}} retard + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} retardation (countable and uncountable, plural retardations)
  1. The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
    (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Acoustics
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-Xpj39THW
  2. The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
    (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-MbO2LeJg Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
    (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Telegraphy
  4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-Met2cagO
  5. (psychology, dated, offensive) Ellipsis of mental retardation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, ellipsis, offensive, uncountable Alternative form of: mental retardation Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-KNuqRk0L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 28 8 8 41 1 1 9 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 4 25 8 9 36 2 5 9 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 29 6 6 41 1 2 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 30 6 7 45 1 2 7 1 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  6. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity. Tags: colloquial, countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-xRybkIj6
  7. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-l9q~LFY0
  8. (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-UnhDgkKd Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  9. (music) A suspension which resolves upwards. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-retardation-en-noun-jDVKpXEj Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: growth retardation, mental retardation Related terms: retard, retardance, retardant, retardate, retardative, retarded, retarder, retardive

Inflected forms

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