English Dictionary

retarder

noun

Something which retards or slows. / (mechanical engineering) A device for slowing down large trucks, lorries, buses, shunted railway wagons.

The use of a retarder can help slow down the fermentation process in baking.

意味（1）

Something which retards or slows.

The substance acted as a retarder to the chemical reaction because it radically changed the pH.

意味（2）

(mechanical engineering) A device for slowing down large trucks, lorries, buses, shunted railway wagons.

… 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.

意味（3）

(baking) A refrigerator used to slow down proofing of yeast when making dough.