1 a delay that exists between two related things happening:
We expect to see increases in profitable returns from our overseas investments with a time lag of two to three years.
a time lag between There is always a time lag between a loss of competitiveness and what shows up in export figures.
a time lag in (doing) sth Because of the time lag in convening the meeting, shares were suspended for a full day.
There is a time lag in the analysis.
Thus, there is a considerable time lag in the recycling of nitrogen.
In real world cases of economic integration, there may be a significant time lag before firms relocate in response to such changes.
Sometimes in analyzing contemporary events the time lag between the completion of the work and its publication makes an important difference.
This may indicate that much of the difference in retrieval must be due to time lag and indexing practices.
When selecting a topic, the possibility of a long time lag should be recognized.
It appears that the time lag is reduced with increasing oocyte diameter.
This time lag eliminated the coder's awareness of individual children's original attachment classifications.
