Phrase Hound found 14 phrases and 2 compound words that contain delayed. The most common are listed below. Open delayed in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- delayed-onset muscle sorenessThe pain and stiffness felt in muscles several hours to days after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise.
- justice delayed is justice deniedIf a wrong is not redressed within a reasonable time, it is as though the wrong were not redressed at all.
- delayed pubertyThe absence of any signs of puberty by a specified age, such as 14 years or 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of puberty in a population.
- delayed criticalityThe 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 …
- delayed neutronA neutron produced by nuclear fission which is emitted upon the radioactive decay of a fission product nucleus sometime later, rather than at the time of the fission itself. Less than 2% of fission neutrons are delayed neutrons (the exact …
- delayed miscarriageA missed abortion.
- delayed neutronsplural of delayed neutron: A neutron produced by nuclear fission which is emitted upon the radioactive decay of a fission product nucleus sometime later, rather than at the time of the fission itself. Less than 2% of fission neutrons are …
- delayed sleep phase disorderA circadian rhythm sleep disorder in which the subject falls asleep some hours after midnight and has difficulty waking up in the morning.
- delayed criticalOf 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.
- time-delayedOf or pertaining to a time delay.
- delayed sleep phase disordersplural of delayed sleep phase disorder: A circadian rhythm sleep disorder in which the subject falls asleep some hours after midnight and has difficulty waking up in the morning.
- delayed miscarriagesplural of delayed miscarriage: A missed abortion.
- delayed criticalitiesplural of delayed criticality: 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 …
- delayed pubertiesplural of delayed puberty: The absence of any signs of puberty by a specified age, such as 14 years or 2.5 standard deviations above the mean age at onset of puberty in a population.
Compound words 2
- undelayedNot delayed.
- nondelayedNot delayed