time lags
Gaps between events
Time lags are delays between a cause and its effect, or between one event and another that follows.
Economic policy changes often have time lags before they affect markets.
In science and engineering, time lags describe the interval between input and response: There's a time lag between when you adjust the thermostat and when the room temperature changes.
The singular form is more common: a two-week time lag.
- deferralAct of delaying action
- postponementDelaying to later
- delayEnforced waiting period
- delayed reactionResponse after a pause
- latencyDelay in system response
wait · interval · hold · schedules · responses · sluggishness · minutes · waiting period · project management · catch up · array · backlog · buffer · mimicry · analogue · proxy · holdup · grace period
time lagsimmediacy
Quality of being direct
instantaneousness · simultaneity · real-time · without delay · synchronicity
time lagssynchronization
Aligning timing across systems
simultaneity · lockstep · synchrony · perfect timing · in sync
time, lag, times, timed, timing, timer, timers, timely, untimely