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is retardation
noun
The act of retarding or delaying; hindrance.
Exact(1)
For light of a given wavelength, an optical system containing several retardation plates is optically equivalent to a system containing only two elements-one is retardation plate, and the other is a rotator.
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By the 30th postnatal day, the overall effect of lead intoxication was retardation of brain growth.
The first case is when retardation term is added and the second one is when retardation term is neglected.
i.e., there is selective retardation in the high permeability core.
Today, the ugly clinical term for anyone with an IQ south of 70 is "mental retardation," ranked on a sliding scale from mild to profound.
"It would also seem to be a retardation of the rather fast and qualitative political reforms that have been happening in the country.
Based on moment analysis, however, there was little retardation of the center of solute mass.
The consequence was a retardation of blood influx into the tumor (Fig. 5b).
The most common clinical presentations were mental retardation, developmental delay, or multiple congenital anomalies.
General exclusion criteria were: mental retardation (IQ<70) or a known systemic or neurological disease which could influence cognitive functioning.
The most commonly observed problem in the baby was growth retardation.
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