Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 70 compound words that contain lag. The most common are listed below. Open lag in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- jet lagA physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.
- time lagA period of time between one event and another; a delay.
- lag timeThe time delay (latency) between the action of the user and the reaction of the server supporting the task, which requires resending to the client.
- lag behindTo fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers.
- social jet lagA mismatch between a person's natural and biological sleep rhythms and the schedules imposed by work, school, or social obligations.
- Lag B'OmerThe 33rd day of the Omer, celebrated as a holiday
- inside lagThe amount of time it takes for the government or the central bank to respond to a shock in the economy.
- lag screwA large metal wood screw with a head that takes a wrench.
- lag switchA device that allows a player to cheat in an online multiplayer game by repeatedly turning on and off the cheating player's Internet connection, causing their player character to display unnatural movement from the opponents' perspective.
- lead-lagA cross-correlation of one leading variable with the values of another lagging variable at later times.
- cross-lagThe statistical relation between two facts at two different times
- phenotypic laga delay in the expression of a phenotype acquired by mutation.
- flash-lag illusionSynonym of flash-lag effect: A visual illusion wherein a flash and a moving object that appear in the same location are perceived to be displaced from one another.
- colonial lagThe retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.
- lag machineA redstone contraption that (intentionally or otherwise) causes lag.
- lag machinesplural of lag machine: A redstone contraption that (intentionally or otherwise) causes lag.
- lag screwsplural of lag screw: A large metal wood screw with a head that takes a wrench.
- lag switchesplural of lag switch: A device that allows a player to cheat in an online multiplayer game by repeatedly turning on and off the cheating player's Internet connection, causing their player character to display unnatural movement from the …
- lag timesplural of lag time: The time delay (latency) between the action of the user and the reaction of the server supporting the task, which requires resending to the client.
- lightspeed lagA delay in communications or information processing caused by a signal propagation being limited by the speed of light.
- flash-lag effectA visual illusion wherein a flash and a moving object that appear in the same location are perceived to be displaced from one another.
- flash-lag effectsplural of flash-lag effect: A visual illusion wherein a flash and a moving object that appear in the same location are perceived to be displaced from one another.
- flash-lag illusionsplural of flash-lag illusion: A visual illusion wherein a flash and a moving object that appear in the same location are perceived to be displaced from one another.
- lag boltA large metal wood screw with a head that takes a wrench.
- lag boltsplural of lag bolt: A large metal wood screw with a head that takes a wrench.
Compound words 70
- lagfestSomething prone to lagging, or network delays.
- netlagThe delay arising from communication between networked computers.
- lagtimeThe elapsed time between two events.
- laglastA pupil ranked behind all others; an academic failure.
- lagoonA shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
- LagrangeA surname from French [in turn transferred from the place name].
- LagunaOf or pertaining to the Laguna Pueblo people, culture, or the variety of Keres they speak.
- laggingfalling behind, not keeping up the pace
- laggedsimple past and past participle of lag
- laggardLagging behind; taking more time than the others in a group.