time-lag

UK: /ˈtaɪmlæg/ US: (tīm′lag′)

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time-lag  (tīm′lag′), n. 

1. the period of time between two closely related events, phenomena, etc., as between stimulus and response or between cause and effect:
   a time-lag between the declaration of war and full war production.

• 1890–95

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time-lag noun

1. an interval between two connected events