time-delay measuring system
- noun
- Specialized
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sistema de medición de retardo temporal
- A time-delay measuring system was used to record the precise interval between the two signals.
Examples
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Engineers relied on a time-delay measuring system to synchronize the equipment accurately.
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The laboratory invested in a new time-delay measuring system to improve the accuracy of their experiments.
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The time-delay measuring system recorded the interval accurately.
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Researchers use a time-delay measuring system in their experiments.
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A time-delay measuring system was used to record the precise interval between the two signals.
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Engineers relied on a time-delay measuring system to synchronize the equipment accurately.
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The laboratory invested in a new time-delay measuring system to improve the accuracy of their experiments.
Synonyms
A device that measures the time difference between two events very precisely
A device that measures very short periods of time precisely
How Precise
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4.3
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Surface Forms
Morphology
time-delay + measuring + system
The phrase denotes a system that measures a time delay: the components 'time'+'delay', 'measuring', and 'system' combine in a straightforward, compositional way to yield that meaning. This follows normal English compounding and noun-modifier patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words could infer the meaning.
Etymology
Time-delay measuring system comes from a simple image: a machine that watches two events and measures the pause between them. The words time, delay, measuring, and system point to this picture, so the name means 'a system that measures the time interval between two events'.