单词 | retardation |
释义 | retardation —retardative /ri tahr"deuh tiv/, retardatory /ri tahr"deuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /ree'tahr day"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of retarding or state of being retarded. 2. something that retards; hindrance. 3. slowness or limitation in intellectual understanding and awareness, emotional development, academic progress, etc. 4. Music. a form of suspension that is resolved upward. Also, retardment /ri tahrd"meuhnt/. [1400-50; late ME retardacioun < L retardation- (s. of retardatio), equiv. to retardat(us) (see RETARD, -ATE1) + -ion- -ION] |
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