lags in English

noun

1

a period of time between one event or phenomenon and another.

there was a time lag between the commission of the crime and its reporting to the police

2

a retardation in an electric current or movement.

With a longitudinal bias field, there was a lag of about 3.5 ns as the magnetization responded to the switching pulse.

3

the non-heat-conducting cover of a boiler, pipes, etc.; lagging.

4

a person who has been frequently convicted and sent to prison.

both old lags were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment

verb

1

fall behind in movement, progress, or development; not keep pace with another or others.

they stopped to wait for one of the children who was lagging behind

synonyms: fall behind, straggle, fall back, trail (behind), hang back, not keep pace, bring up the rear, dawdle, dilly-dally

2

determine the order of play by striking the cue ball from balk to rebound off the top cushion, first stroke going to the player whose ball comes to rest nearer the bottom cushion.

3

enclose or cover (a boiler, pipes, etc.) with material that provides heat insulation.

a lagged hot-water tank

4

arrest or send to prison.

noun

interim, meanwhile, meantime
retardation, slowdown
stave

verb

fall behind, fall back, put behind bars
fall behind, straggle, fall back, trail (behind), hang back, not keep pace, bring up the rear, dawdle, dilly-dally
fall back, dawdle, fall behind
put behind bars, jail, remand, gaol, imprison, put away, jug, immure, incarcerate

Use "lags" in a sentence

1. Second, monetary policy suffers shorter inside lags and outside lags than fiscal policy.

2. Astrid lags with three!

3. Composition of Local Action Groups (LAGs)

4. Administrative follow-up lags far behind (34).

5. In Autocorrelations View, the series chart plots autocorrelation coefficients at different lags for the selected series (three greatest lags are plotted with darker bars); seasonality is indicated by strong lags at certain time periods

6. The quality of education lags behind access

7. 4.1.3 Screening of liquids, aerosols and gels (LAGs)

8. Administrative time-lags within DG I A

9. Administrative time-lags within DG I A .

10. Shanxi economy progress lags behind at countrywide average level.

11. Number of lags to apply before performing Autocorrelation

12. "The implementation of the policy actions on sanitation lags behind?

13. The production of organic protein crops lags behind demand.

14. IVF drug innovation lags, Belying procedure's high tech reputation

15. The projectile ascends biologically, but psychologically it lags behind.

16. India lags far behind in tourism when compared to the world.

17. Of the 938 Local Action Groups (LAGs) proposed, 892 were finally selected.

18. - the results of measurements (test temperatures, results concerning ignition, corresponding time-lags),

19. Figure 1.15: Autocorrelation of Dow Jones Industrial Average calculated for various lags.

20. In high-burden countries, IPTp noticeably lags behind other malaria control measures.

21. • learning from experience is obstructed by time lags between action and result

22. Despite occasional lags, Cheer redefines stereotypical understandings of what it means

23. The seminar’s main goals were: to address local action groups (LAGs) under

24. It's obtained that the strongest liquefaction lags behind the peak acceleration time.

25. In a number of sectors the level of administrative capacity lags behind.

26. Be careful about requesting partial Autocorrelations to a high number of lags (over 24)

27. BENEFICIARIES The final beneficiaries of assistance under Leader+ are the local action groups (LAGs).

28. The programme is to finance a maximum of 40 local action groups (LAGs).

29. In publications per inhabitant, the EU is ahead of Japan, but lags behind the USA.

30. LAGs and authorities need to be well-trained and made aware of each other's realities.

31. In dynamic markets the standardisation process lags behind the leading edge of technology.

32. COOPERATION CORNER Partner search tool Finding partners for cooperation on Leader+ projects concerns many LAGs.

33. The Leader+ type measure envisages the selection of a maximum 40 LAGs under the second action.

34. On aggregate, the EU lags behind the United States in terms of innovative capacity.

35. The present invention relates to interferometers (200-900) with adjustable path length differences (lags).

36. 4.1.3.4 LAGs carried by passengers may be exempted from screening if the LAG is:

37. As a result, the price formation process is much Clumsier nowadays, with considerably longer adjustment lags

38. Similarly, the frequency adjusted clock signal lags the synchronizing clock signal by a DFS output delay.

39. The local actors came together in two LAGs (local action groups): Clervaux-Vianden and Redange-Wiltz.

40. Only three Member States, Ireland, Luxembourg and Sweden had all of their LAGs in transnational cooperation.

41. It is targeted at: representatives of LAGs; municipalities; county administrations and state departments; politicians and decision makers.

42. The activities promoting eInclusion are therefore more evident in the countries showing greater lags in ICT diffusion.

43. - simplify the administrative procedures which the LAGs must complete once their projects have been selected.

44. Most modern Browsers get updated once per month or two, so Edge really lags behind.

45. Hence, the production relationships become differential equations (or, when “time lags” are considered, difference equations).

46. In a regression model, four lags of alongshore wind accounted for 83% of the variance in catch.

47. At the end of 2011 the selection of Local Action Groups (LAGs) was completed in 25 MS.

48. The LAGs and the project participants have undertaken a number of actions aimed at transferring knowledge from Schola.

49. There were 893 Leader+ local action groups (LAGs) in Europe prior to the enlargement of 2004.

50. Of the proposed 938 Local Action Groups (LAGs) in which the actions are managed, 892 were finally selected.