Noun
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
time-delay
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