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time lag

taɪm læg
WordNet
  1. (n) time lag
    time during which some action is awaited "instant replay caused too long a delay","he ordered a hold in the action"
Usage in the news

Survey Finds CUs Lagging for First Time Since 2003. cutimes.com

If you're searching for a job and think your technology skills may be lagging, now is the time to get up to speed. usatoday.com

Output lag times are inherent in some position transducers because signal-processing take time. hydraulicspneumatics.com

Getting your body clock back in time may take a while as jet lag kicks in. nzherald.co.nz

Kids who sleep well in the weeks leading up to a trip have an easier time with jet lag . cnn.com

Of course it's unsettling to feel out of sync with the world around you, but instead of complaining about jet lag , maybe it's time to wake up and smell the coffee. hemispheresmagazine.com

It's hard to say with certainty who coined the term, but according to a quick newspaper database search, " jet lag " was first used in a Los Angeles Times article on February 13, 1966. airspacemag.com

Jet-lagged travelers who can no longer tell what time it is may be tuning in to a confusion rooted deep in their biology. discovermagazine.com

The state's lengthy lag time on paying its bills has led an association to step in. glt.org

ANYONE WHO HAS sold a house knows that there can be a lag between the time of sale and the time you hold its profits in your hands. philly.com

I was warned about the jet-lag following a 14-hour plane ride and 12-hour time change. local10.com

Adams Morgan may be lagging behind other DC neighborhoods in development, but it leads the pack in good times. ashingtoncitypaper.com

Medical response time lags in many pricey L.A. By Kate Linthicum, Ben Welsh and Robert J Lopez, Los Angeles Times. latimes.com

LA Fire Department response time lags after budget strain. scpr.org

They can post updates and search for tweets, but many are reporting a 30 minute lag time on their feeds. cbsnews.com

Usage in scientific papers

A more commonly used parameter related to the spectral evolution of the bursts is the time-lag between two energy channels, derived from the analysis of the cross-correlation function (CCF).
Statistical analysis of BATSE gamma-ray bursts: Self-similarity and the Amati-relation

Following Norris (2002), we de fine the timelag, τlag , as the time at which the CCF reaches its maximum.
Statistical analysis of BATSE gamma-ray bursts: Self-similarity and the Amati-relation

These new findings lead to a new type of fluctuation-dissipation relation for anomalous kinetics which depends both on the lag time ∆ and the measurement time t.
Random Time-Scale Invariant Diffusion and Transport Coefficients

Roughly speaking the diffusion constant depends on time D(t) ∼ dhx2 i/dt ∼ tα−1 and Eq. (3) is described by δ2 ≃ D(t)∆ so a linear dependence on the lag time also seen in the simulations Fig. 1, is found.
Random Time-Scale Invariant Diffusion and Transport Coefficients

The inset shows the autocorrelation function C (τ ) versus the time lag τ for zL .
Surrogates with random Fourier Phases

Usage in literature

Time lagged on till the 4th of May. "The Armourer's Prentices" by Charlotte M. Yonge

He tested for time lag of an electric signal and wondered wildly if it didn't feel like sleeping on its weary path. "Security" by Poul William Anderson

At times one quarter seemed to follow close on another's heels, and the next seemed to lag for hours. "Despair's Last Journey" by David Christie Murray

But there was no doubt about the yellow sun: it was going south, as it should at that time of year, but it was lagging behind schedule. "Space Prison" by Tom Godwin

That isn't much to depend on, especially since we won't have the time-lag advantage you Omans had before. "Masters of Space" by Edward Elmer Smith

I mean it has seemed an infernal long time since the 'Comet' pulled up down there in the road and you lagged behind. "The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp" by Katherine Stokes

Surely in this time one has progressed beyond the other in this field, but lagged in that. "Adaptation" by Dallas McCord Reynolds

From that moment on, the conversation lagged, Benda suggested to his friend that it was time for them to leave. "The Goose Man" by Jacob Wassermann

He knew how to bide time, and was less apt to run ahead of public thought than to lag behind. "Memorial Address on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln" by George Bancroft

I believe there was a reward out for him some time ago, to stimulate lagging justice. "That Girl Montana" by Marah Ellis Ryan

Usage in poetry
The radiance of the star that leans on me
Was shining years ago. The light that now
Glitters up there my eyes may never see,
And so the time lag teases me with how
The innocent mansion of a panthers heart!
It crumbles, tick-tick time drags it in
Till now his arteries lag and now they start
Reverence with the frigid gusts of sin.
So Westward ho! for Trinidad, and Eastward ho! for Spain,
And "Ship ahoy!" a hundred times a day;
Round the world if need be, and round the world again,
With a lame duck lagging all the way.
Oh, 'twas Westward ho! for Trinidad, and Eastward ho! for Spain,
And "Ship ahoy!" a hundred times a day;
Round the world if need be, and round the world again,
With a lame duck lagging all the way.