time-lag

[ tahym-lag ]

/ ˈtaɪmˌlæg /

noun

the period of time between two closely related events, phenomena, etc., as between stimulus and response or between cause and effect: a time-lag between the declaration of war and full war production.

Origin of time-lag

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby time-lag

time-binding, time-consuming, time-division multiplex, time-honored, time-honoured, time-lag, time-lapse, time-lapse photography, time-of-flight mass spectroscopy, time-out, time-poor

Example sentences from the Web for time-lag

That isn't much to depend on, especially since we won't have the time-lag advantage you Omans had before.

Masters of Space |Edward Elmer Smith
They don't understand how they can talk to us without even the time-lag between Earth and Lunar City.

Operation: Outer Space |William Fitzgerald Jenkins
There is, as a rule—in the economists' term—far too great a "time-lag" in the making of the best reputations.

The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 |Various
Ewing draws attention to a curious consequence of this time-lag.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 3 |Various

The time-lag was roughly three seconds for a distance of 203.7 light-years.

Operation: Outer Space |William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for time-lag

time-lag

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an interval between two connected events

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