Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A numerical constant, proportional to the capacity and resistance of a telephone-line, which gives the maximum distance over which speech may be successfully transmitted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun physics The difference in phase shift between two characteristic polarizations of light upon
reflection from an interface. Retardance can be reported in the Abelès or Mueller conventions. The retardance phase shift angle is often specified indegrees .
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Examples
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They increase the time constant and introduce a slowness which may be called retardance, for they diminish the rate at which currents can be transmitted.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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By rotating this piece and flipping it around we can make the four measurements needed to get the retardance and birefringence.
Archive 2004-04-01 John 2004
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All the software really does is load the images, process all the algorithms for the math using Mueller matrices and Stokes vectors and stuff and then stores all the retardance values along with its orientation into a matrix.
Archive 2004-04-01 John 2004
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The only thing that might be of a retardance in that is using of this in political -- using of this variable in domestic politics.
Press Conference With Turkish P M ITY National Archives 1993
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This is done in telephony, and hence we obtain the law of retardance, or the law by which we can calculate the distance to which speech is possible.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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The whole retardance, and, therefore, the speed of working the circuit or the clearness of speech, is given, by the equation
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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Now the retardance due to electromagnetic inertia increases directly with the amount of electromagnetic inertia present, but it diminishes with the amount of resistance of the conductor.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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The "head-on" resistance is the retardance the aeroplane meets in passing through the air, and is counted in square feet.
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The "head-on" resistance is the retardance the aeroplane meets in passing through the air, and is counted in square feet.
Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Octave Chanute 1871
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This clay has also been proven to be superior for flame retardance applications.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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