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Definition of Retardations
1. retardation [n] - See also: retardation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retardations
Literary usage of Retardations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cumulative Harmony by William Johnston McCoy (1916)
"retardations are, in general, much less agreeable to the ear than are normal ...
Among retardations, those that progress by a minor second to the note of ..."
2. Elements of Harmony by Stephen Albert Emery (1899)
"retardations resolving but a half step upward are more common and more agreeable
than ... As the numerals required to indicate retardations and suspensions ..."
3. Harmony Simplified: A Simple and Systematic Exposition of the Principles of by Frank Hartson Shepard (1896)
"Among them may be mentioned Suspensions, Anticipations, retardations, Passing-Notes,
Passing-Chords, Changing-Notes, Appoggiaturas, Organ-Points, ..."
4. Harvard Psychological Studies by Harvard Psychological Laboratory (1913)
"The most striking feature is the large proportion of retardations which occur
during or immediately after the sounding of the second tone. TABLE NO. ..."
5. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"1 Higher retardations as a School Problem. — The problem set for our school system
by the existence of these higher grades of mental retardation is clear ..."
6. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"... retardations as a School Problem. — The problem set for our school system by
the existence of these higher grades of mental retardation is clear enough ..."
7. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"1 Higher retardations as a School Problem. — The problem set for our school system
by the existence of these higher grades of mental retardation is clear ..."
8. Cams, Elementary and Advanced by Franklin De Ronde Furman (1921)
"... and retardations which cause the most trouble at high speeds, also to learn
the rates of sliding at J and K, and then to balance these against the ..."
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