No. 11,479 in French
retardement
Delay or postponement.
In a sentence
Le retardement du projet a causé beaucoup de soucis.
The delay of the project caused a lot of worries.
In this context, 'retardement' refers to the act of delaying or postponing something.
Nous avons utilisé un réacteur avec retardement pour les expérimentations.
We used a delayed reactor for the experiments.
Here, 'retardement' describes the characteristic of the reactor operating in a delayed manner.
Son retardement dans ses réponses laisse supposer une certaine hésitation.
His delay in responses suggests some hesitation.
In this usage, 'retardement' implies a slowness or lateness in responding.
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