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Lagging

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...

contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty ;also : a document embodying such an agreement see also accept, bargain, breach, cause, consent, consideration, duty, meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality of obligations, and a meeting of the minds. In Louisiana, a valid contract requires the consent of the parties and a cause for the contract in addition to c...

outlaw

outlaw [Old English tlaga, from Old Norse tlagi, from t out + lag lg law] 1 : a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law [a trespasser is not an ] 2 : a lawless person or a fugitive from the law 3 : a person or organization (as a nation) under a ban or restriction or considered to be in defiance of norms or laws [considered an for its support of terrorism] vt : to make illegal out·law·ry [at-lȯr-ē] n ...

pillage

pillage pil·laged pil·lag·ing vt : to loot or plunder esp. in war vi : to take booty pillage n ...

VerbarHysteresis

A lagging or retardation of the effect when the forces acting upon a body are changed as if from velocity or internal friction a temporary resistance to change from a condition previously induced observed in magnetism thermoelectricity etc on reversal of polarity...

industrial revolution

The changes in the methods of production as well as the resulting changes in economic and social organization accompanying the replacement of hand labor by power driven machinery It started in England in about 1760 and spread to other countries with very varying time lags The introduction of powered machinery such as the steam engine and power loom led to the concentration of large areas of manufacturing in large companies and made some goods more plentiful and cheaper by mechanical production and economies of scale...

Lag

Coming tardily after or behind slow tardy...

Loiter

To be slow in moving to delay to linger to be dilatory to spend time idly to saunter to lag behind...

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