Delay

Delay is:

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• In sound effects, any of a class of effect that adds one or more delayed versions of the original signal, to create effects such as echo or flanger.
• In telecommunications, either:
• # In radar, the electronic delay of the start of the time base used to select a particular segment of the total.
• # The amount of time by which an event is retarded.
• # The time between the instant at which a given event occurs and the instant at which a related aspect of that event occurs.
• In broadcasting, the delay between recording and broadcasting.
• American politician Tom DeLay.