retarding

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retarding

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of retard

noun retardings

A slowing or hindrance. It resembled them in the sense that it was not ended, when it was past, but continued to unfold, in Watt's head, from beginning to end, over and over again, the complex connexions of its lights and shadows, the passing from silence to sound and from sound to silence, the stillness before the movemen
Similar: detaining, hindrance, impediment

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@misc{retarding_2026,
  title = {retarding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/retarding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}