SLOWDOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slowdown mean? 

• SLOWDOWN (noun)
  The noun SLOWDOWN has 1 sense:

1. the act of slowing down or falling behind

  Familiarity information: SLOWDOWN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOWDOWN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of slowing down or falling behind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

lag; retardation; slowdown

Hypernyms ("slowdown" is a kind of...):

delay; holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)

Derivation:

slow down (reduce the speed of)

slow down (lose velocity; move more slowly)

slow down (become slow or slower)

slow down (cause to proceed more slowly)

 Context examples 

We always feel the slowdowns of Mercury retrograde far before its official retrograde date.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The team noted that a hundred years even further into the future - by 2350 - this slowdown means that the melting of the ice sheet is likely to contribute 29% less to global sea level rise than previous models indicated.

(Antarctica's Effect on Sea Level Rise in Coming Centuries, NASA)

Mercury started to retrograde October 31, a trend that will last until November 20, and that didn’t help the feeling in October either because you started to see a slowdown two weeks before October 31.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The area of your life that is most likely to feel the slowdown will be financial matters.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You began to feel the slowdowns and miscommunications, as well as problems with electronics, much earlier, at least two weeks prior to October 31.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mercury, your ruler, began to exert its slowdown well in advance of the official date of the onset of its retrograde, October 31.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You started to feel hints of a slowdown weeks earlier—as early as October 8—and you will continue to feel Mercury retrograde until November 20.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mercury was retrograde from February 16 last month, though you felt the slowdowns begin earlier, from February 2 onward.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Last month, Mercury was retrograde from February 16 onward, but you started to feel the trademark slowdowns of Mercury out of phase earlier, from February 2.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This is great news, for Mercury has been retrograde since February 16—and you likely felt the slowdowns, delays, postponements, and forgetfulness from the start of February.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)