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time delay

NOUN
dead time
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“Eventually, I think we stumbled on the right thing to do, but it’s come at a huge ... time delay and very high costs.”

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

It was also marred by NBC’s inability to figure out how to best deploy its production ground forces or bridge the massive time delay between live events and primetime telecasts.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2024

In the experiment, two ultrashort light pulses are transmitted through the magnet with a time delay, testing the magnetic properties during the transit time of each pulse, respectively.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2023

The latter means that a charger must be able to turn on and off with a random time delay of up to 10 minutes.

From Scientific American Jul. 13, 2023

He had allowed judgment to be delayed on various pretexts, because until that time delay had answered his purposes sufficiently.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony




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