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DELAY TIME [5 records]

Record 1 2012-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
OBS

Abbreviated "delay time".

Key term(s)
  • delay time

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
OBS

Abrégé en «retard à la croissance». Thyristors.

Key term(s)
  • retard à la croissance

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Systems
DEF

As indicated the delay time is dependent on the device only ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ensembles électroniques
CONT

En ce qui concerne le temps de retard [...], on ne peut pas le calculer : il est lié à la technologie du transistor [...]

OBS

Commutation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

The time, expressed in decibels, that is required for lowering a specific portion of a signal amplitude from its initial value.

OBS

Running ACF measurement for designing a concert hall ... The -60 dB delay time of the autocorrelation envelope corresponds roughly to the "reverberation time" contained in the source signal itself ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Durée requise, exprimée en décibels, pour diminuer de sa valeur initiale une portion spécifique de l'amplitude d'un signal.

OBS

Par exemple, dans une salle de concert, le temps de décroissance consiste en la durée requise pour que le signal d'origine diminue de soixante décibels pour cette fréquence.

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
OBS

Dans une demande de communication.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
OBS

delay time (to repair): term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

durée d'attente avant réparation : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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