variable delay
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvariableanddelay
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variable
adjective
uk/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
likely to ...
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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 ofvariableanddelayfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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All transmission across the retino-geniculate synapse involves some degree ofvariabledelaybetween the presynaptic and postsynaptic spikes.
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A photo cell then sent a signal to a timing unit which provided a manuallyvariabledelaybefore triggering the flash.
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A 'go' signal (change of square color to green) appears after avariabledelayperiod.
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During degeneration, it appears as if the synaptic activity of the set of dying photoreceptor cells has a morevariabledelayand duration, leading to the prolonged implicit times.
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Control via the internet inevitably introducesvariabledelaywhich could cause an operator to overshoot in making adjustments and could degrade the feeling of telepresence.
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To my knowledge, most research on neutral delay differential equations has been restricted to simple cases of constant delays; few papers considervariabledelayand state-dependent delay.
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Tests the ability to remember the visual features of a complex, abstract, target stimulus and to select from a choice of four patterns after avariabledelay.
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It is just avariabledelaydepending upon how many enemies one has created.
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Ideally this interval should exactly match the delay between packets, but due to loss andvariabledelay, this is rarely the case.
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A shutter is then lowered for avariabledelayperiod, screening off the cups from the monkey's view.
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Unbelted participants experienced either a constant delay of 8 seconds, or avariabledelayof 8 seconds on average.
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Branches used avariabledelayslot, the end of which was signaled by a bit in the next instruction.
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The only unique item in that the targets are released with avariabledelayup to 1 second.
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Because the symptoms are caused by failure to make protein, they emerge only after avariabledelayfrom a few hours to a full day after exposure.
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A spot and annulus of the same contrast polarity were flashed at variable delays relative to each other.
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These very variable delays did not influence the presence ofinflammatory cells, which were found regardless of the time interval between death and autopsy.
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