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DELAY LINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("delay line" is a kind of...):
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delay line"):
acoustic delay line; sonic delay line (a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves)
electromagnetic delay line (a delay line based on the time of propagation of electromagnetic waves)