time delay

Noun

Meaning

time delay (plural time delays)

A delay used to separate the occurrence of two events, especially in a mechanical or electronic device.

time-delay (plural time-delays)

Alternative form of time delay

Alternative names

time-delay

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Examples

We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things. Richard Schiff

After a jump, it takes it 60 milliseconds to spread its antennae again, and this time delay becomes its undoing, as the almost endless stream of herrings allows a herring to eventually snap the copepod. Source: Internet

But this starting time delay was not communicated to Schabowski. citation At the end of the press conference, Schabowski read out loud the note he had been given. Source: Internet

An animated GIF file comprises a number of frames that are displayed in succession, each introduced by its own GCE, which gives the time delay to wait after the frame is drawn. Source: Internet

Elasticity is essentially a time independent processes, as the strains appear the moment the stress is applied, without any time delay. Source: Internet

For infinitely long sinusoids, a change in is the same as a shift in time, such as a time delay. Source: Internet

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