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call delay

call delay noun: the delay that occurs when a call arrives at an automatic switching device and no channel or facility is immediately available to process the call.

Noun

call delay (countable and uncountable, plural call delays)

  1. The delay that occurs when a call arrives at an automatic switching device and no channel or facility is immediately available to process the call.
  2. The time between the instant a system receives a call attempt and the instant of initiation of ringing at the target device.

Forms of call delay

pluralcall delays

Questions about call delay

What does call delay mean?
Call delay means the delay that occurs when a call arrives at an automatic switching device and no channel or facility is immediately available to process the call.
What part of speech is call delay?
Call delay is a noun.
What is the plural of call delay?
The plural of call delay is call delays.

Words near call delay in the dictionary

  1. call centre
  2. call centres
  3. call collect
  4. call date
  5. call dates
  6. call delay
  7. call delays
  8. call down
  9. call drink
  10. call drinks
  11. call for

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