单词 | lag of the tide |
释义 | > as lemmaslag of the tide b. in Physics: the retardation in a current or movement of any kind; the amount of this retardation; more widely in general use: a period of time separating any phenomenon or event from an earlier one to which it is related (causally or in some other way); = time lag n. at time n., int., and conj. Compounds 2. lag of the tide: the interval by which the tide-wave falls behind the mean time in the first and third quarters of the moon. angle of lag: see angle n.2 Phrases 2. See also jet lag n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > dynamics > [noun] > speed or direction as vector quality > rate of increase of velocity > opposite of acceleration retardationa1475 lag1855 the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] > time lag latency1865 time lag1886 time delay1900 lag1902 lag time1956 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. (at cited word) The lag of the tide... The lag of the steam-valve of a steam-engine. 1881 Nature 24 Feb. 399/2 The remarkable lag which takes place in the occurrence of the critical barometric epochs at the more easterly stations. 1886 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery (ed. 2) xviii. 330 ϕ is called the retardation or angle of lag. 1886 S. P. Thompson Dynamo-electr. Machinery (ed. 2) xviii. 331 The retardation will increase with increased speed... There will be less lag therefore if the machine is so designed that it can be driven at a slow speed. 1892 Electr. Engineer 16 Sept. 287/1 It is obvious that at the point where B cuts the axis the induction is a maximum; hence if there were no ‘magnetic lag’ and no currents in the iron, this point should occur at the same time as that at which the current is a maximum. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 42/1 [His] method consisted in measuring the interval which elapses between the application of a potential difference..and the passage of the spark. This lag of the spark, as we may call it, is a very important quantity. 1909 Jrnl. Hygiene 9 240 He found that there is an initial period after inoculation during which growth is almost absent: the length of time of this ‘lag’ varies with the age of the culture used for inoculation and with the species of the bacillus. 1923 Glasgow Herald 2 Nov. 12/4 The operation of the ‘lag’ of two months between the period of ascertainment and the months when the wages based on such ascertainment are paid. 1934 L. T. Agger Alternating Currents iii. 38 The current goes through all the events in its cycle one-quarter of a period, or 90°, later than the p.d. For this reason it is said to lag behind the p.d. by 90°; or, expressed in another way, the angle of lag of the current is 90°. 1934 H. C. Warren Dict. Psychol. 66/1 Cultural lag, slowness in adapting institutions or cultural habits to new or changing conditions or situations; the condition which ensues when certain elements of culture change more slowly than other elements. 1940 Economist 7 Dec. 707/1 It must not be forgotten that a very considerable lag must occur between the dates when insured losses are incurred and compensation is paid. In the case of certain shipping losses,..this lag may extend for the duration of the war. 1962 Encycl. Dict. Physics VII. 190/1 Lag in a control system may be defined briefly as delayed response of the output to changes of input. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VII. 153/2 No instrument responds instantaneously to a change in the measurand; the lag is dependent on the natural frequency of the instrument system and its degree of damping. < as lemmas |
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