lag time
Wait before response
Lag time is the interval between a cause and its effect, or between an action and a visible result.
Climate policy discussions often mention the lag time between emissions and temperature changes.
In pharmacology, it's the delay before a drug takes effect.
There's a lag time of several weeks between ordering and delivery.
- delayEnforced waiting period
- latencyDelay in system response
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
wait · response · loading · loading screen · slow connection · slowdown · interval · gap · hesitation · ping · sync · buffering · reaction · processing · idle · stall · holding pattern · holdup
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- timingstopwatch, pause, early, countdown, late
- hydrologyrivers, streamflow, aquifers, aquifer, lakes
- time intervalswaiting period, grace period, interval, pause, delay
- Mudloggingchromatograph, cuttings, chromatogram, flowline, flow line
- Transdermal Absorptiontransdermal patch, skin barrier, permeation, permeability, percutaneous
lag timeimmediacy
Quality of being direct
instantaneous · real-time · simultaneity · instant feedback · synchronous
lag timelead time
Interval before completion
efficiency · acceleration · speed · streamlined process · agility
lag timeimmediacy
Quality of being direct
simultaneity · instant · real-time · synchronicity · concurrence
lag, time, lags, lagged, lagging, lagger, times, timed, timing