delay mechanism

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• delay mechanism — mechanical device that delays an action …   English contemporary dictionary

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• delay clock — clock like mechanism which can be set to begin working at a specific hour …   English contemporary dictionary

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• I-Frame Delay — (IFD) is a scheduling technique for adaptive streaming of MPEG video. The idea behind it is that streaming scheduler drops video frames when the transmission buffer is full because of insufficient bandwidth, to reduce the transmitted bit rate.… …   Wikipedia

• safing and arming mechanism — A mechanism whose primary purpose is to prevent an unintended functioning of the main charge of the ammunition prior to completion of the arming delay and, in turn, allow the explosive train of the ammunition to function after arming …   Military dictionary