1. An accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with.
2. Large log at the back of a hearth fire; SYN. log.

ETYM See Defer.
The act of delaying; postponement.
The act of delaying or postponing; specifically; official postponement of military service.

ETYM French délai, from Old Fren. deleer to delay, or from Latin dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. Related to Tolerate, Differ, Delay.
1. The act of delaying; SYN. holdup, detention.
2. Time during which some action is awaited; SYN. hold, time lag, postponement, wait. + prikaži više

A brief delay.
A saturation effect whereby the signal from an instrument endures beyond the response time after the target has been removed from the field of view. Can be caused by exposing the sensor to a target of high temperature for an extended period. The effect is expressed as the increase in response time required for the sensor to return to within 5% of the correct reading.
A time delay between the output of a signal and the response of the instrument to which the signal is sent. 2. A time relationship between two waveforms where a fixed reference point on one wave occurs after the same point of the reference wave. + prikaži više

The quality or habit of not adhering to a correct or usual or expected time.