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plural retarders
Something which retards or slows. quotations examples
Why is retarder used in dope when the dope is being sprayed in humid conditions? The retarder slows the drying of the dope and keeps it from blushing.
1999, Dale Crane, Fast-Track Test Guides for Aviation Maintenance: Airframe, page 147
(mechanical engineering) A device for slowing down large trucks, lorries, buses, shunted railway wagons. quotations examples
[...] unlike the latest British yards, Gremberg has only primary retarders, manually operated, a method that the hump operators apparently prefer to electro-pneumatic control because they can grade the braking pressure more accurately by feel.
1961 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The "Rheingold" goes via Cologne”, in Trains Illustrated, page 237
(baking) A refrigerator used to slow down proofing of yeast when making dough. examples