: an interval of time between two related phenomena (such as a cause and its effect)
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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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State officials hope a new facility will reduce the time lag in getting forensic results to police.
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State officials hope a new facility will reduce the time lag in getting forensic results to police.
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State officials hope a new facility will reduce the time lag in getting forensic results to police.
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State officials hope a new facility will reduce the time lag in getting forensic results to police.
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State officials hope a new facility will reduce the time lag in getting forensic results to police.
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State officials hope a new facility will reduce the time lag in getting forensic results to police.
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Perhaps more importantly, the latency (e.g. time lag) in the transmissions from the serving base stations to the portable users is less than 10 milliseconds, a critical metric where such small delays become indistinguishable to the human brain.
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State officials hope a new facility will reduce the time lag in getting forensic results to police.
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