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Substantiivi

1. The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
2. (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
3. (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
4. (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
5. The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
6. (psychology) Ellipsis of mental retardation.
7. (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
8. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
9. (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
10. (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.