Examples of time lag in a Sentence
There's a time lag between when you see a stop sign and when your foot steps on the brake.
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Paint, stickers, and toys that glow in the dark after a period of exposure to light exploit this time lag.
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Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023
The smaller engine's 7.2-second 60-mph time lags 0.5 behind the number for the all-wheel-drive V-6, and the same was true with a rolling start in our 5-to-60-mph test.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2023
Explaining the 12-hour time lag between the explosions and the Kremlin’s announcement, Mr. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said there was a need by Russia’s spy services to conduct an investigation first.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 4 May 2023
Because of that time lag, consultant Oliver Wyman predicts a shortage of 18,000 mechanics in the coming years.
—Stephen Stock, Jose Sanchez, Dilcia Mercedes, CBS News, 25 July 2023
The chicken was a bit of a victim to delivery time lag but retained most of its satisfying crunch.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
Due to time lags in communication between us and Enceladus, EELS needs to calculate risk, move around and collect data without the help of a team on Earth.
—Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2023
Despite this time lag, a concentrated, global conservation effort to reverse this trend is more pressing than ever.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
At first, the derailment received little attention online but mentions grew steadily, peaking two weeks after the incident, Zignal found, a time lag that gave pro-Russia voices time to try to shape the conversation.
—David Klepper, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
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Tracy H. Schloemer, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2023
The smaller engine's 7.2-second 60-mph time lags 0.5 behind the number for the all-wheel-drive V-6, and the same was true with a rolling start in our 5-to-60-mph test.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2023
Explaining the 12-hour time lag between the explosions and the Kremlin’s announcement, Mr. Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said there was a need by Russia’s spy services to conduct an investigation first.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 4 May 2023
Because of that time lag, consultant Oliver Wyman predicts a shortage of 18,000 mechanics in the coming years.
—Stephen Stock, Jose Sanchez, Dilcia Mercedes, CBS News, 25 July 2023
The chicken was a bit of a victim to delivery time lag but retained most of its satisfying crunch.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
Due to time lags in communication between us and Enceladus, EELS needs to calculate risk, move around and collect data without the help of a team on Earth.
—Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2023
Despite this time lag, a concentrated, global conservation effort to reverse this trend is more pressing than ever.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
At first, the derailment received little attention online but mentions grew steadily, peaking two weeks after the incident, Zignal found, a time lag that gave pro-Russia voices time to try to shape the conversation.
—David Klepper, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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time lag
noun
: the period of time between two related happenings (as a cause and its effect)
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