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Definition of Delayed action
1. Noun. A mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delayed Action
Literary usage of Delayed action
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1902)
"A delayed action of about (one-thousandth part of a second is therefore necessary,
and it cannot be produced in any ordinary way. ..."
2. Notes on the United States Supreme Court Reports: Supplementary to Rose's by Charles Lawrence Thompson, United States Supreme Court, Walter Malins Rose (1905)
"294, holding railroad estopped to plead statute where plaintiff in reliance upon
assurance of company's officer in charge of negotiations delayed action. ..."
3. A Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery: Prepared for the Use of Cadets of the U by Lawrence Laurenson Bruff (1896)
"Delayed-action Fuzes—The Merriam Delayed-action Faze— Action of Fuze. A delayed-action
fuze is one which is prepared for action by the shock of discharge, ..."
4. A Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery by Lawrence Laurenson Bruff (1896)
"Delayed-action Fuzes—The Merriam Delayed-action Faze— Action of Fuze. A delayed-action
fuze is one which is prepared for action by the shock of discharge, ..."
5. A Text-book of Ordnance and Gunnery: Prepared for the Use of Cadets of the U by Lawrence Laurenson Bruff (1896)
"Delayed-action Fuzes—The Merriam Delayed-action Fuze— Action of Fuze. A delayed-action
fuze is one which is prepared for action by the shock of discharge, ..."
6. The Discipline of the School by Frances Milton Irene Morehouse (1914)
"Advantages of Immediate action Advantages of delayed action perplexing that it
is difficult to decide upon any very definite means of choosing between the ..."
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