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As a verb, fall behind in movement, progress, or development; not keep pace with another or others. As a noun in physics, a retardation in an electric current or movement. Commonly used in 2 scenarios When traveling to another region with a different time zone and you need to adjust your sleep cycle to it is know as "Jet Lag" When playing an online game and having high latency with the online service causing your game to partialy freeze or seems to jump in time
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