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German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English lag.
Pronunciation
Noun
Lag m (strong, genitive Lag or Lags, plural Lags)
- (colloquial, computing) latency, lag (the delay between a request and its response)
- Synonyms: Latenz, Ausführungsverzögerung
- (economic theory) the timespan between which a change of a variable effects on an other variable
- Hyponym: Wirkungsverzögerung
Declension
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German lāga. Cognate with German Lage.
Pronunciation
Noun
Lag f (plural Lagen)
- location
- situation
Synonyms