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délai

English translation: delay

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French term or phrase:délai
English translation:delay
Entered by: Louisa Tchaicha

16:36 Mar 2, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / traitement numérique par
French term or phrase: délai
Hi there,

I have "délai de réponse" in my text which I've translated by "response time"
However, I have "délai" on its own, should I translate it by "delay"? (also found "lead time" in the GDT)

"...de tels déphasages pouvant trouver leurs origines dans des délais de réponse entre le courant de pilotage et l'émission du faisceau principal, des délais introduits le long des chemins optiques des faisceaux (...), des délais de réponse entre la détection du rayonnement de fluorescence par la première photodiode..."

Thank you!
Louisa Tchaicha
Tunisia
Local time: 10:01
delay
Explanation:
In this particular instance, yes!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 11:01
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delay


Explanation:
In this particular instance, yes!

Tony M
France
Local time: 11:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2116
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Thanks!
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Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Terry Richards
9 mins
  -> Thanks, Terry!
agree  chris collister: In physics time usually only travels forwards, so any temporal shift is usually a delay.
16 mins
  -> Thanks, Chris! Nicely put ;-)
agree  DLyons
18 mins
  -> Thanks, D!
agree  Nils Andersson
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Nils!
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