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Definitions for Lagging
ˈlæg ɪŋlag·ging

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. laggingnoun

    used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

Wiktionary

  1. laggingnoun

    The covering of something with strips of felt, wood etc, either as insulation or for protection

  2. laggingnoun

    The material so used

  3. laggingadjective

    falling behind, not keeping up the pace

  4. laggingadjective

    Occurring after; indicating the later phase of

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  1. lagging

    Lagging refers to the delay or slow progress in a process, action, or system. It typically indicates that something is falling behind its expected pace, schedule, or trend. This term is often used in various contexts such as technology, economics, and project management.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lagging

    of Lag

  2. Laggingnoun

    the clothing (esp., an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags; -- called also deading and cleading

  3. Laggingnoun

    lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lagging in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lagging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Lagging in a Sentence

  1. Valentin Marinov:

    We are far less sanguine and think that the developed stock markets may be lagging behind other asset classes as investors position ahead of Fed tightening while global economic data continues to fuel market worries.

  2. Aaron Friedberg:

    The Chinese are probably concerned that at the moment at least, the KMT is lagging far behind the opposition DPP in the polls.

  3. Valentin Marinov:

    Stocks are still up even as commodities are down, something has to give, we are far less sanguine and think that the developed stock markets may be lagging behind other asset classes as investors position ahead of Fed tightening while global economic data continues to fuel market worries.

  4. Jill Roberts:

    The next time we're facing a pandemic, we cannot have a kid’s vaccine lagging 18 months behind the adults, so you cannot use data from an adult vaccine and then apply it to your kids. It just doesn't work. They're too small. Their dosage is totally different. So we can't do that. The next time we have a pandemic, we really have to start all these things up at once.

  5. Shenhua President Zhang Yuzhuo:

    Among big Chinese companies, when it comes to developing clean and renewable energies, we are not lagging behind at all, we are hoping that in 20 or 30 years, we can bring down the costs of non-fossil fuel energies and at the same time raise the scale of construction, and during this process, allow fossil fuels and non-fossil fuels to be harmonised and provide mutual support.

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