Variously defined as time from beginning (or center of mass) of rainfall to peak (or center of mass) of runoff (After Am Soc Civil Engineers, 1949, p 106 )
A time lag or a lag of a particular length of time is a period of time between one event and another related event. There's a time lag between infection with HIV and developing AIDS Price rises have matched rises in the money supply with a lag of two or three months
1 A time delay between the output of a signal and the response of the instrument to which the signal is sent 2 A time relationship between two waveforms where a fixed reference point on one wave occurs after the same point of the reference wave
Because a BBS is interactive and the Internet can get congested, sometimes you will experience delays when you enter a command and nothing seems to happen It it most likely that the command has been sent, however either it was delayed on its way to the BBS, or the response (i e the change in the information on the screen) has been delayed on its way to you In both cases, a little bit of patience usually works and the result should appear shortly Sometimes however, the lag can be so bad that either your connection to the BBS gets dropped, or you find it too difficult to continue The best thing in these situations is to log off and try again later
{f} fall behind, fail to keep up with the established pace, straggle; develop slowly; linger, tarry; slacken, flag, weaken; imprison (British Slang); insulate (from heat)