1 a delay that exists between two related things happening: --
a time lag in (doing) sth Because of the time lag in convening the meeting, shares were suspended for a full day.
a time lag between There is always a time lag between a loss of competitiveness and what shows up in export figures.
We expect to see increases in profitable returns from our overseas investments with a time lag of two to three years.
Accordingly, it is reasonable to expect a certain time lag for the effects of election timing.
Since the manipulator has integrating properties, it has been modeled as a time lag element with integration.
This does little to reduce the time lag between apparent exit from the lungs and apparent arrival in the hepatic portal system.
An increasing time lag between maximum leaf fall and leaf flush was observed in the order evergreen, brevi-deciduous, deciduous and stem-succulent.
To measure democracy's effect on the stock of human capital, we need to allow for a significant time lag.
Institutional analyses often allow for a considerable time lag between institutional change and its impact on policy.
The probability of being susceptible was assessed immediately after the time lag f between vaccination and onset of immunity had expired.
This time lag eliminated the coder's awareness of individual children's original attachment classifications.
