DELAY LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does delay line mean? 

• DELAY LINE (noun)
  The noun DELAY LINE has 1 sense:

1. a circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal

  Familiarity information: DELAY LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELAY LINE (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)