καθυστέρηση — meaning in English

English meaning

• lag verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
• latency noun The delay between an action and the response to it, especially the time data takes to travel across a network.

Senses

καθυστέρηση is used for these senses in English:

• lag A stave of a cask, drum, etc.; especially (engineering) one of the narrow boards or staves forming the covering of a cylindrical object, such as a boiler, or the cylinder of a carding machine or steam engine.

lag — full definition

1. verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
2. noun A delay between one event and another, especially in a signal, response, or process.

latency — full definition

1. noun The delay between an action and the response to it, especially the time data takes to travel across a network.
2. noun The state of existing but not yet being active or visible.

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