Retarding in a sentence

Sometimes, though, an individual platform or armed service changes history for good or ill, advancing or retarding the parent society’s strategic and political fortunes.

The impact of a second lockdown on the American economy will function as a negative force multiplier on retarding economic growth.

They’re a retarding force to relax and play with.

By Dennis Peprah, GNA Wamanafo, (B/A), Feb. 5, GNA – The nationwide intermittent shortages of mental health drugs is retarding the recovery process of patients in the Brong-Ahafo Region, investigation by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has revealed.

Hence, there was a need to initiate the structural adjustment export-driven economic model and abrogate the protectionist policies which were retarding the performance of the economy.

The weight rests in a pocket machined into the bolt carrier that allows about 0.025″ of play fore and aft, and, in operation, comes to rest a split second after the carrier, retarding the carrier’s velocity somewhat as it changes direction.

What remains incontestable is that a certain virus in the exercise of Religion is a patented killer and, in this nation, Religion has manifested itself as a contagion and a socially retarding, homicidal epidemic.

An additional level of control is achieved by retarding agents that inhibit vulcanization until some optimal time or temperature.

An equilibrium rotor speed is established between driving and retarding forces, which is an unambiguous measure of the dynamic viscosity.

Dry dam main A dry dam, also known as a flood retarding structure, is a dam designed to control flooding.

In his autobiographical account of the Falklands War, Admiral Woodward blamed the BBC World Service for disclosing information that led the Argentines to change the retarding devices on the bombs.

In the retarding case, the dark collector's work function is measured instead.

Surface cover increases capacity by retarding runoff, reducing compaction and other processes.

The value of retarding potential at which photo-current becomes zero is called cut-off voltage or stopping potential for the given frequency of the incident ray.

This retarding potential method is one of the simplest and oldest methods of measuring work functions, and is advantageous since the measured material (collector) is not required to survive high temperatures.