delay line

delay line

English

Noun

delay line (plural delay lines)

  1. (electronics) An electrical or optical component designed to delay the transmission of a signal by a specific amount of time.
  2. (optics) A mechanical or optical system used to compensate for the differences in optical path lengths of light beams originating from individual telescopes.
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