1. The apparent delay in growth of a microorganism within a bioreactor after inoculation as the living cells adapt and establish themselves to their environment and multiply to appreciate levels. See lag phase.
2. The delay in response of a system or process that is being controlled to a step change disturbance.
The interval between an event and the time when its effects are apparent; for example, in the storm hydrograph.
Lag time
- autological
- autolysis
- automated disk library
- automated econometrics
- automated reasoning
- automated tape library
- automated tensor low-energy electron diffraction
- automated test equipment
- Automated Transfer Vehicle
- automatic brightness control
- automatic coding
- Automatic Computing Engine
- automatic control
- automatic data capture
- automatic data conversion
- linear equation
- linear expansivity
- linear filter
- linear first‐order differential equation
- linear function
- linear grammar
- linear group
- linear independence
- linear interpolation
- linear inverter