Definition of "retardative" []

• That retards (adjective)

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• "_The transfer of energy into any animate material system is attended by effects conducive to the transfer, and retardative of dissipation."
• "_The transfer of energy into any inanimate material system is attended by effects retardative to the transfer and conducive to dissipation."
• "Not to produce a retardative reaction, but an accelerative response: for, in the enlarging of the leaf by growth, the plant opens for itself new channels of supply."