English-Finnish translations for retarder

Definition of retarder

• Something which retards or slows
• A device for slowing down large trucks, lorries, buses, shunted railway wagons
• A refrigerator used to slow down proofing of yeast when making dough

Examples

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

Related words

• retarded
• retarded ignition
• mentally retarded
• borderline mentally retarded
• compression retarder