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noun
An electrical or optical component designed to delay the transmission of a signal by a specific amount of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A mechanical or optical system used to compensate for the differences in optical path lengths of light beams originating from individual telescopes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
a circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
Narrower terms: acoustic delay line, sonic delay line, electromagnetic delay line
History
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