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pustulate(1)(dictionary)
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lag(3) (iou) and pustulate(1) (iou)


lag(3) (iou)



lag noun2. [lag] E16.
[Rel. to LAG adjective. Cf. LAG verb2.]
The last or hindmost person (in a race, game, sequence of any kind). slang. Now rare. E16.
In pl. What remains in a vessel after the liquor is drawn off; dregs, lees. E16-E18.
The lowest class. (Cf. lag-end s.v. LAG adjective) rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
The condition of lagging. M19.
b. A period of time separating any phenomenon or event from an earlier one to which it is related (causally or in some Other way) (freq. time-lag); (the amount of) a retardation in a current or Other movement. See also jet lag s.v. JET noun2. M19.
angle of lag the fraction of a complete cycle, multiplied by 360 or 2 radians, by which a sinusoidal electric current lags behind the associated sinusoidal voltage. lag of the tide the interval by which the tidewave falls behind the mean time in the first and third quarters of the moon (cf. PRIMING noun2). leads and lags: see LEAD noun2.
Economist A..lag must occur between the dates when..losses are incurred and compensation is paid. Nature A..lag between the addition of bicarbonate and the..attainment of the maximum rate. M. Gordon A season..behind, but that small lag was death.
Comb.: lag fault Geology a type of overthrust formed when the uppermost of a series of rocks moves more slowly than the lower ones; lag phase Biology the period elapsing between the inoculation of a culture medium etc. with bacteria and the commencement of their exponential growth; lag time the period of time elapsing between one event and a later, related, event, esp. between a cause and its effect; (the extent of) a lag.

pustulate(1) (iou)



pustulate adjective. LME.
[Late Latin pustulatus pa. pple, formed as PUSTULATE verb: see -ATE2.]
Medicine & Zoology. Having or covered with pustules; pustulous, pustular.