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Meaning of lag

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  lag
      n 1: the act of slowing down or falling behind [syn: {slowdown},
           {lag}, {retardation}]
      2: the time between one event, process, or period and another;
         "meanwhile the socialists are running the government" [syn:
         {interim}, {meantime}, {meanwhile}, {lag}]
      3: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a
         barrel or bucket [syn: {stave}, {lag}]
      v 1: hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress,
           development, etc. [syn: {lag}, {dawdle}, {fall back}, {fall
           behind}]
      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" [syn: {imprison}, {incarcerate}, {lag},
         {immure}, {put behind bars}, {jail}, {jug}, {gaol}, {put
         away}, {remand}]
      3: throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
      4: cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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