Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lag

delay in communications or information processing caused by signal propagation being limited by the speed of light.

(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.

(economics, banking) The amount of time it takes for the government or the central bank to respond to a shock in the economy.

(genetics) a delay in the expression of a phenotype acquired by mutation.

The statistical relation between two facts at two different times

(Judaism) The 33rd day of the Omer, celebrated as a holiday

(transitive or intransitive) To fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers.

(linguistics, now deprecated) The retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.

A period of time between one event and another; a delay.