Delay

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Delay may refer to:

• In sound effects, any effects unit that adds one or more time delayed versions of the original signal, to create effects such as echo or flanger.

• Reflection of a second distinct sound echo.

• In telecommunications, either:
  1. In radar, the electronic delay of the start of the time base used to select a particular segment of the total.
  2. The amount of time by which an event is retarded.
  3. 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.

• In English law, it is an offence dishonestly to delay the payment of a debt under the Theft Act 1978.

• American politician Tom DeLay

• German musician Jan Delay

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