Retardation
Retardation or retardation (from Latin retardare , to delay ') stands:
in the field of medicine for:
- a dosage form with delayed release of active ingredient, see retard
- Intrauterine growth retardation
- reduced body length, see short stature
- Developmental retardation , the delay in the physical, mental or emotional development of children
- Delayed or absent development of puberty, see Pubertas tarda
- mental retardation, see mental retardation
In the field of geosciences for:
- slower mass transport in a liquid medium, see retardation (hydrology)
in optics a term for
- the phase delay between the wave component that is polarized in the fast polarization axis and that polarized in the slow polarization axis when light passes through birefringent material .
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