DELAY LINE

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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