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delay lines

delay lines is the plural of delay line.

Meaning of delay line

Noun

delay line (plural delay lines)

  1. An electrical or optical component designed to delay the transmission of a signal by a specific amount of time.
  2. A mechanical or optical system used to compensate for the differences in optical path lengths of light beams originating from individual telescopes.

Questions about delay lines

What is delay lines the plural of?
Delay lines is the plural of delay line.

Words near delay lines in the dictionary

  1. Delawares
  2. delay
  3. delay differential equation
  4. delay differential equations
  5. delay line
  6. delay lines
  7. delay no more
  8. delay slot
  9. delay slots
  10. delay tactic
  11. delay tactics

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