delay line

British  

noun

1. a device in which a known delay time is introduced in the transmission of a signal. An acoustic delay line delays a sound wave by circulating it through a liquid or solid medium

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Example Sentences

Machine timing is performed by a delay line chain.

From Preliminary Specifications: Programmed Data Processor Model Three (PDP-3) October, 1960 by Digital Equipment Corporation

Not much in the delay line is possible under a vigilant referee, yet all the time that strategy could gain was taken advantage of.

From The High School Freshmen Dick & Co.'s First Year Pranks and Sports by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)