time lag

2 definitions found

time lag - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  time lag
      n 1: time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay
           caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action"
           [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait]

time lag - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "time lag":
     afterthought, bind, block, blockage, bureaucratic delay, day,
     delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detention, double take,
     dragging, fateful moment, halt, hang-up, hindrance, holdup, hour,
     instant, interim, interval, jam, juncture, kairos, lag, lagging,
     logjam, minute, moment, moment of truth, moratorium, obstruction,
     paperasserie, pause, period, point, pregnant moment,
     psychological moment, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, reprieve,
     respite, retardance, retardation, season, slow-up, slowdown,
     slowness, space, span, spell, stage, stay, stay of execution, stop,
     stoppage, stretch, suspension, tie-up, time, wait, while