lagnoun(DELAY)

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time lag | Business English

time lag
noun[ C ]
ukus(alsotime lapse)
a delay that exists between two related things happening:
We expect to see increases in profitable returns from our overseas investments with a time lag of two to three years.
a time lag betweenThere is always a time lag between a loss of competitiveness and what shows up in export figures.
a time lag in (doing) sthBecause of the time lag in convening the meeting, shares were suspended for a full day.

Examples of time lag

time lag
There is a timelag in the analysis.
Thus, there is a considerable timelag in the recycling of nitrogen.
In real world cases of economic integration, there may be a significant timelag before firms relocate in response to such changes.
Sometimes in analyzing contemporary events the timelag between the completion of the work and its publication makes an important difference.
This may indicate that much of the difference in retrieval must be due to timelag and indexing practices.
When selecting a topic, the possibility of a long timelag should be recognized.
It appears that the timelag is reduced with increasing oocyte diameter.
This timelag eliminated the coder's awareness of individual children's original attachment classifications.
Institutional analyses often allow for a considerable timelag between institutional change and its impact on policy.
To measure democracy's effect on the stock of human capital, we need to allow for a significant timelag.
An increasing timelag between maximum leaf fall and leaf flush was observed in the order evergreen, brevi-deciduous, deciduous and stem-succulent.
This does little to reduce the timelag between apparent exit from the lungs and apparent arrival in the hepatic portal system.
Since the manipulator has integrating properties, it has been modeled as a timelag element with integration.
Accordingly, it is reasonable to expect a certain timelag for the effects of election timing.
We define the delay in launching new drugs as the timelag in introduction over and above the demand lag.
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