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lag
Found in thesaurus: holdup, delay, interval, time interval, spline, slat, follow, confine, detain, flip, sky, toss, pitch, cover
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lag
v.
fall behind, fail to keep up with the established pace, straggle; develop slowly; linger, tarry; slacken, flag, weaken; imprison (British Slang); insulate (from heat)
n.
(British Slang) criminal, prisoner, ex-convict; prison time
n.
slowness; lateness; delay, lingering; (Computers) lapse resulting from slow response time between two computers; measurement of delay (Mechanics); rim of a drum
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Lag
Lag (, ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Czersk, within Chojnice County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Czersk, north-east of Chojnice, and south-west of the regional capital Gdansk.
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In online gaming, lag is a noticeable delay between the action of players and the reaction of the server in a video game. Although lag may be caused by high latency, it may also occur due to insufficient processing power in the client (screen-lag). Screen-Lag can also happen in single player games as well.
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Laag
Laag (; ; local Tyrolean dialect: Låg) is a frazione of the comune of Neumarkt in South Tyrol in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 30 km northeast of the city of Trento and about 25 km south of the city of Bolzano. Laag is situated on the plain (213 m) on the left side of the Adige river.
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Lag (disambiguation)
Lag refers to slower response time (or latency), and to delays experienced in computing, communications, and engineering. (see also Lag (online gaming)).
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Mariano Lagasca
Mariano la Gasca y Segura (1776–1839) was a Spanish botanist, writer and doctor. He was the director of Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.
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lag
Noun
1. the act of slowing down or falling behind
(synonym) slowdown, retardation
(hypernym) delay, holdup
(derivation) dawdle, fall back, fall behind
2. the time between one event, process, or period and another
(synonym) interim
(hypernym) time interval, interval
(hyponym) interregnum
3. one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
(synonym) stave
(hypernym) slat, spline
(part-holonym) barrel, cask
Verb
1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
(synonym) dawdle, fall back, fall behind
(hypernym) follow
(hyponym) drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop behind
(derivation) slowdown, retardation
2. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
(synonym) imprison, incarcerate, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand
(hypernym) confine, detain
(classification) law, jurisprudence
3. throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
(hypernym) flip, toss, sky, pitch
4. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) lagging
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liegen
v.
lie, lie down; recline, rest; be located, be
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liggen
v.
lie, lie by, be, stand, sit, lodge, recline
