long delay
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflonganddelay
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long
adjective
uk/lɒŋ/us/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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delay
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈleɪ/us/dɪˈleɪ/
the situation in which you have to wait longer than expected for something to happen, or the time that you have ...
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(Definition oflonganddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In thelongdelayrecall test, subjects read out loud a text from a book for 1 min before the recall phase.
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This insignificant impact of citizens' actions on existing firms is partly due to thelongdelayin getting court decisions.
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Groups did not present differences inlongdelayverbal recall.
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One disadvantage of this method is that the outputs are then pushed toward final states, which creates alongdelayin emission.
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Clearly, after thislongdelay, some type of developmental process (involving size, organization, etc.) must have occurred to allow this novel type of functioning.
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A further 31%, not segregated by age, consult their doctor after alongdelay.
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Marked dysfunctions were also found in the spatial working memory task and in thelongdelayverbal recall test.
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Finally,longdelayrecall of verbal materials, but not short delay recall and recognition, was impaired in both groups.
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In contrast, the siblings of patients with bipolar disorder exhibited spared performances with the exception of a deficit in thelongdelayrecall task.
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One reason is that there may be alongdelaybefore the policy changes implied by different economic integration scenarios are implemented throughout an economy.
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This was restricted to thelongdelayrecall condition - immediate recall and recognition were normal.
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One list was used for immediate (short delay) free recall, one forlongdelayfree recall, and one for recognition.
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This introduces a verylongdelayinto the transmission process, accompanied by high tick mortality, both of which vary geographically and seasonally with climate.
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