Look up: Delay

1. delay
   Type: Term Pronunciation: dĕ-lā′ Definitions: 1. In a medical sense, to put off for a time, either for clinical reasons or through physiologic dysfunction. 2. The elapsed time inherent in sense 1.
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2. delay
   [n] - time during which some action is awaited 2. [n] - the act of delaying 3. [v] - act later than planned, scheduled, or required 4. [v] - cause to be slowed down or delayed
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3. Delay
   Outboard sound equipment that can momentarily stores a signal being sent to part of a P.A. system so that delayed reinforced sound reaches the audience at the same time as live sound from the stage.
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4. Delay
   A common effect in a sampler or synthesizer [or effects] that mimics the time difference between the arrival of a direct sound and its audible first reflection
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5. Delay
   a common effect in a sampler or synthesizer that mimics the time difference between the arrival of a direct sound and the first reflection to reach the listener's ears. An effect that is used to add depth or space to an audio signal by repeating the input one or more times after a brief pause of a f...
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6. Delay
   The elapsed time between the instant when user information is submitted to the network and when it is received by the user at the other end.
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7. delay
   there are three major types of delay: a) direct en route delay-incurred by passenger already on-board a vehicle which is directly impeded by a vehicle/system failure; b) indirect en route delay-arising from an otherwise operational vehicle being slowed or stopped by a traffic backlog arising from el...
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8. Delay
   De·lay' noun ; plural Delays . [ French délai , from Old French deleer to delay, or from Latin dilatum , which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a past participle neut. of differre
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9. Delay
   De·lay' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Delayed ; present participle & verbal noun Delaying .] [ Old French deleer , delaier , from the noun délai , o...
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10. Delay
    De·lay' intransitive verb To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. « There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten.» Locke.
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11. delay
    noun the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
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12. delay
    hold noun time during which some action is awaited; `instant replay caused too long a delay`; `he ordered a hold in the action`
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13. delay
    detain verb cause to be slowed down or delayed; `Traffic was delayed by the bad weather`; `she delayed the work that she didn`t want to perform`
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14. delay
    verb act later than planned, scheduled, or required; `Don`t delay your application to graduate school or else it won`t be considered`
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15. delay
    (de-la´) a postponement to a later time. atrioventricular delay , AV delay atrioventricular interval (def. 2). constitutional growth delay a linear growth pattern, frequently familial, characterized by a decrease in growth velocity near the...
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16. Delay
    • (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. • (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. • (n.) To allay; to temper. • (v.) A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. &b...
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17. Delay
    The time difference between a sonic event and its perception at the listening position (sound traveling through space is delayed according to the distance it travels). People perceive spaciousness by the delay between the arrival of direct and reflected sound (larger spaces cause longer delays).
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18. Delay
    Civil Law. The time allowed either by law or by agreement of the parties to do something.
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19. Delay
    Also called Queue Time. The time a caller spends in queue, waiting for an agent to become available. Average Delay is the same thing as Average Speed of Answer. Also see Average Delay of Delayed Calls.
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20. Delay
    (audio effect) `Delay` is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay