Hills, sloughs, and other terrestrial retardations.
Sir W. Scott.
3. (Mus.) The keeping back of an approaching consonant chord by
prolonging one or more tones of a previous chord into the intermediate
chord which follows; -- differing from suspension by resolving upwards
instead of downwards.
4. The extent to which anything is retarded; the amount of retarding or
delay.
Retardation of the tide. (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle
of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the
transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following. (b) The
age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retard, n.
Re*tard"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. retardatif.] Tending, or serving, to
retard.
Re*tard"er (?), n. One who, or that which, retards.
Re*tard"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. retardement.] The act of retarding;
retardation. Cowley.
Retch (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.]
[AS. hr&?;can to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G.
rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To make an effort to vomit; to
strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.]
Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching! (Here he grew inarticulate
with retching.)
Byron.
Retch, v. t. & i. [See Reck.] To care for; to heed; to reck. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Retch"less, a. Careless; reckless. [Obs.] Dryden.
--- Retch"less*ly, adv. -- Retch"less*ness, n. [Obs.]
||Re"te (?), n. [L., a net.] (Anat.) A net or network; a plexus;
||particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part
||resembling a network.
Re*te"cious (?), a. [L. rete a net.] Resembling network; retiform.
Re*tec"tion (?), n. [L. retegere, retectum, to uncover; pref. re- +
tegere to cover.] Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed.
[Obs.] Boyle.
Re*tell (?), v. t. To tell again.
Ret"ene (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?; pine resin.] (Chem.) A white crystalline
hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and
is also found in certain fossil resins.
Re*tent" (?), n. [L. retentum, fr. retentus, p. p. See Retain.] That
which is retained. Hickok.
Re*ten"tion (?), n. [L. retentio: cf. F. rétention. See Retain.] 1. The
act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.