plural of delayed miscarriage

(programming) A slot for an additional instruction that is executed out of sequence, before the instruction (typically a jump or branch) that immediately precedes it in code.

plural of delay slot

Something that is done in order to put off a decision or action until later.

(law) One of two conditions which must be asserted in an action to obtain a protective order or injunction to be granted and relief sought (the other condition being fumus boni iuris).

plural of delaying tactic

plural of delay tactic

Alternative form of delaying tactic (chiefly US)

(nuclear physics) The point at which the prompt neutrons and delayed neutrons produced by a nuclear fission chain reaction, taken together, are just sufficient to sustain the chain reaction (the state of being delayed critical); in this state, changes in reaction power occur slowly, allowing the reaction to be controlled on human timescales, due to the relatively long time delay associated with the emission of the delayed neutrons necessary to maintain the chain reaction.

(nuclear physics) Of the point at which the prompt neutrons and delayed neutrons produced by a nuclear fission chain reaction, taken together, are just sufficient to sustain the chain reaction, where changes in reaction power occur slowly.