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Retardation of the tide
(gcide) | Retardation \Re`tar*da"tion\, n. [L. retardatio: cf. F.
retardation.]
1. The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as,
the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to
acceleration.
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The retardations of our fluent motion. --De Quinsey.
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2. That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
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Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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3. (Mus.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord
by prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into
the intermediate chord which follows; -- differing from
suspension by resolving upwards instead of downwards.
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4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of
retarding or delay.
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Retardation of the tide.
(a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon
at the time of high tide any port; the interval
between the transit of the moon and the time of high
tide next following.
(b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under
Retard, n.
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retardation of the tides
(gcide) | Acceleration \Ac*cel`er*a"tion\, n. [L. acceleratio: cf. F.
acc['e]l['e]ration.]
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated;
increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward
the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to
retardation.
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A period of social improvement, or of intellectual
advancement, contains within itself a principle of
acceleration. --I. Taylor.
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Acceleration of the moon, the increase of the moon's mean
motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of
revolution is now shorter than in ancient times.
Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See {Priming
of the tides}, under Priming.
Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the amount by
which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the
sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the
meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six
seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding.
Acceleration of the planets, the increasing velocity of
their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee
of their orbits.
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