| lagging | 1. <machinery> The clothing (especially, an outer, wooden covering), as of a steam cylinder, applied to prevent the radiation of heat; a covering of lags. Synonym: deading and cleading. 2. Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lagging strand | The DNA strand that is replicated discontinuously from the 5' to the 3' direction. See: Okazaki fragments. Compare: leading strand. (09 Oct 1997) |