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retardency

retardency is the alternative form of retardancy.

Meaning of retardancy

Noun

retardancy (plural retardancies)

  1. The degree of being retardant
    • The methods for evaluating flame and fire retardancy of these materials have been already established.1982, United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources. Panel on Fire Research and Safety, Fire Research and Safety, page 2

Questions about retardency

What is retardency the alternative form of?
Retardency is the alternative form of retardancy.

Words near retardency in the dictionary

  1. retarded times
  2. retardedly
  3. retardedness
  4. retardee
  5. retardees
  6. retardency
  7. retarder
  8. retarders
  9. retardest
  10. retardeth
  11. retardical

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