time-lag

[ tahym-lag ]

noun

1. 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.

time-lag

noun

1. an interval between two connected events

Word History and Origins

Origin of time-lag¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Nor is the gay-rights time lag entirely geographical in nature.

From The Daily Beast

They don't understand how they can talk to us without even the time-lag between Earth and Lunar City.

From Project Gutenberg

Another group, with a wider range of interests, has been dissatisfied because of the time lag to implement new experiments.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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Remembering no time lag, he simply stood in the ship with Arkalion.

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Ewing draws attention to a curious consequence of this time-lag.

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