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Delay Abbreviations

Dilation, from the Latin dilatio, is a delay or delay of something for a certain time. It can also be a temporary detention. For example: “The train has been delayed for more than an hour: we will not arrive until nightfall”, “The post office informed me that there is a delay in the delivery of parcels”, “I will not accept any more delays: the report must be delivered today same”.

Delays can occur in various areas. It is common to speak of delays in transport systems . A plane that was supposed to depart at 10 am from an airport and that just takes off at 11:30 am will arrive at its destination with a delay of an hour and a half. In a similar vein, if a train has an accident that stops it for twenty minutes, its arrival will be delayed.

The delay can also occur with respect to the delivery of something within a certain period. The owner of a company asks the accountant to present the monthly balance before the 5th. If that date passes and the accountant does not comply with the delivery, he will have incurred a delay.

When writing a formal letter, for example, it is common to use the expressions “without further delay”, “without further delay” or “without further delay”, which can mean “as soon as possible” (when you ask someone for something and you want there to be no delays in compliance ) or express that you want to conclude the message because all the important points have already been mentioned (“I won’t go on further”).

The concept of dilation, on the other hand, can be used as a synonym for dilatation, propagation, or extension. Dilation, therefore, can refer to the increase in surface area, length, or volume of a body due to a separation of molecules by a decrease in density.

A metal subjected to high temperatures can undergo swelling and expand, in a phenomenon known as thermal swelling.

Thermal expansion

Also known as “thermal expansion”, thermal expansion is a phenomenon that causes the volume, length, or other measurable dimension of a physical body to increase when it is subjected to an increase in temperature. On the other hand, the opposite concept is called thermal contraction, and it describes a decrease in some dimension due to lowering its temperature by any means.

When a particular dimension is predominant in the process, then we speak of linear dilation. On the other hand, there is area dilation, which occurs when a surface, such as a metal sheet, grows evenly, proportionally increasing its dimensions; this results in an increase in area. The volumetric expansion coefficient is used to compare the volume of a body in the moments before and after the increase in temperature.

What is the cause of the delay? In solid bodies, their molecules are in a relatively fixed position within them and each one of the atoms of the crystal lattice vibrates with an amplitude of movement that depends on the total energy that they or the molecules possess. When they absorb heat, the average kinetic energy of the molecules (the chaotic, unordered motion that depends, in part, on temperature) increases, as does the average amplitude of vibration, since heat increases the total energy they possess.. All this gives rise to the dilation of a body.

In the case of gas, the phenomenon varies, since when it absorbs heat, the average kinetic energy of its molecules grows and generates an increase in pressure that is exerted on the walls of the container, for which the change in volume depends mainly on the reaction of these walls.

Delay Abbreviations

List of Acronyms Related to Delay

Acronym Meaning
Delay ADL Acoustic Delay Line
Delay ATD Adjustable Time Delay
Delay ALDT Administrative and Logistic Delay Time
Delay ADT Administrative Delay Time
Delay ADA Alternate Delay Accumulation
Delay ARCADY Assessment of Roundabout Capacity and Delay
Delay AD Authorized Delay
Delay ADQ Average Delay in Queue
Delay ADH Average Delay to Handle
Delay ALDT Average Logistics Delay Time
Delay APD Average Packet Delay
Delay ARD Average Random Delay
Delay ADPS Azimuth-Delay Power Spectra
Delay BDP Bandwidth Delay Product
Delay BIFODEL Binary Fiber Optical Delay Line
Delay BTD Bit Transmission Delay
Delay BCD Blocked Calls Delayed
Delay BPCD Blocked-or-Preempted Connection Delayed
Delay BDB Bounded-Delay-Encodable Block-Decodable
Delay BDT Bridge Delay Time
Delay BFD Bridge Forward Delay
Delay BDT Burst Delay Tolerance
Delay CDV Cache Delayed Verification
Delay CAD Call Acceptance Delay
Delay CPDR Capsule Delayed Release
Delay COD Cascaded Optical Delay Line
Delay CD Cell Delay
Delay CDT Cell Delay Tolerance
Delay CVR Cell Delay Variation
Delay CDV Cell Delay Variation
Delay CTD Cell Transfer Delay
Delay CODA Central Office for Delay Analysis
Delay CDV Clutch Delay Valve
Delay CEDP Compensation and Estimation for Delay and Packet Dropout
Delay CSD Connection Setup Delay
Delay CTD Connection Time Delay
Delay CPDA Constant Propagation Delay Attenuator
Delay CTD Constant Time Delay
Delay CDG Constitutional Delay of Growth
Delay CDGD Constitutional Delay of Growth and Development
Delay CORD Contention Resolution by Delayline
Delay CTD Controlled Time Delay
Delay CPD Critical Path Delay
Delay CDL Crossed Delay Line
Delay CD Custom Delay
Delay CDD Cyclic Delay Diversity
Delay DDALV Days Delay Enroute Authorized As Leave
Delay DEL Delay
Delay DECI Delay
Delay DRAIN Delay
Delay DLY Delay
Delay D Delay
Delay DAILY Delay
Delay DAQS Delay Analysts, Quantity Surveyors
Delay DGG Delay and Gate Generator
Delay DAM Delay Arming Mechanism
Delay DCC Delay Change Curve
Delay DCTN Delay Closing Time Notification
Delay DCR Delay Credit
Delay DELIVERED Delay Dial
Delay DD Delay Dial
Delay DDSD Delay Dial Start Dial
Delay DDED Delay Differential Equation
Delay DDE Delay Differential Equation
Delay DDP Delay Differentiation Parameter
Delay D-EDD Delay Earliest Due Date
Delay DESS Delay Efficient Sleep Scheduling
Delay GERMANY delay equalizer
Delay DE delay equalizer
Delay DF Delay Fault
Delay DF Delay Fuze
Delay DHS Delay Handoff Signal
Delay DH Delay Histogram
Delay DHTR Delay Hopped Transmitted Reference
Delay DISCOUNT Delay In Separation Code
Delay DISC Delay In Separation Code
Delay DSU Delay in Startup Insurance
Delay DI Delay Indefinite
Delay DI Delay Index
Delay DI Delay Insensitive
Delay DL Delay Line
Delay DLD Delay Line Detector
Delay DLL Delay Lock Loop
Delay DMH Delay Measurement Hardware
Delay DMM Delay Modulation Mark
Delay DMV Delay Multivibrator
Delay DOG Delay of Gratification
Delay DR Delay Reducer
Delay DRIFTING Delay Reducer
Delay DRO Delay Reduction Order
Delay DT Delay Time
Delay DTER Delay Time
Delay DTM Delay Time Multiplier
Delay DTMO Delay Time Out
Delay DIVIDE Delay Variance
Delay DV Delay Variance
Delay DVR Delay Variance Routing Protocol
Delay DTR Delay, Throughput, Reliability
Delay DAS Delay-And-Sum Algorithm
Delay DBMT Delay-Bounded Multicast Tree
Delay DCL Delay-Calculation Language
Delay DCMT Delay-Constrained Multicast Tree
Delay DDSC Delay-Doppler Spread Channel
Delay DLYD Delayed
Delay DA Delayed Action
Delay DAB Delayed Action Bomb
Delay DARF Delayed Acute Renal Failure
Delay DAD Delayed After Depolarization
Delay DAF Delayed Auditory Feedback
Delay DB Delayed Broadcast
Delay DEBUG Delayed Broadcast
Delay DISCOUNT Delayed Call
Delay DC Delayed Call
Delay DCRN Delayed Cerebral Radiation Necrosis
Delay DLC Delayed Clearance
Delay DCU Delayed Coker Unit
Delay DCP Delayed Command Processor
Delay DCO Delayed Compliance Order
Delay DDU Delayed Death Unit
Delay DELIVERED Delayed Delivery
Delay DD Delayed Delivery
Delay DDR Delayed Delivery Receipt
Delay DDNB Delayed Departure from Nucleate Boiling
Delay XDT Delayed Detonation
Delay DEP Delayed Enlistment/Entry Program
Delay DEPUTY Delayed Enlistment/Entry Program
Delay DEPLOYED Delayed Enlistment/Entry Program
Delay DEPOSIT Delayed Enlistment/Entry Program
Delay DEPOSIT Delayed Enlistmententry Program
Delay DEP Delayed Enlistmententry Program
Delay DEPENDENT Delayed Enlistmententry Program
Delay DEPUTY Delayed Enlistmententry Program
Delay DEPLOYED Delayed Enlistmententry Program
Delay DEF Delayed Ettringite Formation
Delay DEOAE delayed evoked otoacoustic emission
Delay DGE Delayed Gadolinium Enhancement
Delay DGE Delayed Gastric Emptying
Delay DGF Delayed Graft Function
Delay DGT Delayed Gratification Technique
Delay DHTR Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction
Delay DHC Delayed Hyper Combo
Delay DH Delayed Hypersensitivity
Delay DHST Delayed Hypersensitivity Skin Test
Delay DHT Delayed Hypersensitivity Test
Delay DMDC Delayed Memory Dependence Checking
Delay DN Delayed Neutron
Delay DEPARTMENT Delayed Neutron Activation
Delay DNA Delayed Neutron Activation
Delay DNAA Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis
Delay DNAAS Delayed Neutron Activation Analysis System
Delay DNC Delayed Neutron Counter
Delay DNM Delayed Neutron Monitor
Delay DNMS Delayed Neutron Monitoring Subsystem
Delay DNMTS Delayed Non-Match to Sample
Delay DNMS Delayed Non-Matching to Sample Task
Delay DOMS Delayed Onset Muscular Soreness
Delay DPC Delayed Payment Charge
Delay DPRF Delayed Post-Transplant Renal Function
Delay DPU Delayed Pressure Urticaria
Delay DPC Delayed Primary Closure
Delay DPC Delayed Procedure Call
Delay DRS Delayed Reaction Syndrome
Delay IK Delayed Rectifier Potassium Current
Delay DR Delayed Reservation
Delay DRIFTING Delayed Reservation
Delay DRC Delayed Retirement Credits
Delay DSE delayed secondary enrichment
Delay DSTR Delayed Serologic Transfusion Reaction
Delay DSO Delayed Service Order
Delay DSPS Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome
Delay DSPD Delayed Sleep-Phase Disorder
Delay DSA Delayed Spatial Alternation
Delay DSDT Delayed Stimulus Discrimination Task
Delay DSMB Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
Delay DTMC Delayed Time Mutual Control
Delay DTOC Delayed Transfer of Care
Delay DTI Delayed Turn-In
Delay DTH Delayed Type Hypersensitivity
Delay DWR Delayed Word Recall
Delay DXR Delayed Xenograft Rejection
Delay DLM Delayed-Loss Multiplexer
Delay DTCH Delayed-Type Cutaneous Hypersensitivity
Delay DTHA Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity Skin Test Anergy
Delay DTN Delay-Tolerant Networking
Delay DTTP Delay-Tolerant Transfer Protocol
Delay DELIVERED Depacketization Delay
Delay DD Depacketization Delay
Delay DCID Detection and Correct Identification Delay
Delay DADE Differential Absolute Delay Equalization
Delay DGD Differential Group Delay
Delay DMD Differential Mode Delay
Delay DDAL Digital Delay Array Loudspeaker
Delay DDL Digital Delay Line
Delay DLL Digital Delay Locked Loop
Delay DISCOID Direct Scan Operating with Integrated Delay
Delay DDD Direction-Delay Doppler
Delay DDL Dispersive Delay Line
Delay DLDLL Dual Loop Delay-Locked Loop
Delay ERDI Early Reinjection Delayed Image
Delay DL Educational Delay
Delay EMD Electro-Mechanical Delay
Delay EDL Electronic Delay Line
Delay EDIS Encyclopedia of Delay-Insensitive Systems
Delay EED End-to-End Delay
Delay ED Energy Delay
Delay EDP Energy-Delay Product
Delay ED envelope delay
Delay EDD Envelope Delay Distortion
Delay ECDL Error Correction Delay Length
Delay EDDL Error Detection Delay Length
Delay ESD Expected Synchronization Delay
Delay FDL Fiber Delay Line
Delay FOTD First Order plus Time Delay
Delay FOPTD First-Order Plus Time Delay
Delay FDTS Fixed-Delay Tree Search
Delay FDI Forward Delay Indicator
Delay GID Gate/Interconnect Delay
Delay GDD Global Development Delay
Delay GDP Ground Delay Program
Delay GDP Ground-Delay Programme
Delay GDD Group Delay Distortion
Delay GDR Group Delay Ripple
Delay GDT Group Delay Time
Delay HOD Hand-Off Delay
Delay HELD History of Expressive Language Delay
Delay INDIA I Never Delay in Action
Delay ITD Information Transfer Delay
Delay IDP Initial Delay Position
Delay ILD Inter Aural Time Delay
Delay IDD Interpacket Delay Difference
Delay IHCD Intra-H Conduction Delay
Delay IVCD Intraventricular Conduction Delay
Delay IPTD IP Packet Transfer Delay
Delay IPTD IP Telephony Delay
Delay JADE Joint Angle and Delay Estimation
Delay JADE Joint Angle-Delay Estimation
Delay JDDFSE Joint Delayed-Decision Feedback Sequence Estimation
Delay LWDF Largest Weighted Delay First
Delay LID Latch Insertion Delay
Delay LODS Link Out of Delay Synchronization
Delay LDT Logistics Delay Time
Delay LCD Long Constrained Delay
Delay LDES Long Delayed Echo
Delay LDE Long Delayed Echo
Delay LDAA Loss Delay Adjustment Algorithm
Delay LDA Loss-Delay-Based Adjustment
Delay LTCD Low Thermal Coefficient of Delay
Delay LDD Low-Delay Data
Delay MATD Maximum Acceptable Transit Delay
Delay MAD Maximum Allowable Delay
Delay MADB Maximum Allowable Delay Bound
Delay MCTD Maximum Cell Transfer Delay
Delay MDB Maximum Delay Bounds
Delay MDU Maximum Delay Utility
Delay MPD Maximum Packet Delay
Delay MAD Mean Administrative Delay
Delay MADT Mean Administrative Delay Time
Delay MCTD Mean Cell Transfer Delay
Delay MDLD Median Link Delay
Delay MDRD Median Round Delay
Delay MIDP Microwave Induced Delayed Phosphorescence
Delay MDTD Minimal Delayed Tanning Dose
Delay MNLD Minimum Link Delay
Delay MNRD Minimum Round Delay
Delay MLDA Minimum-Delay Logical Topology-Design Algorithm
Delay MDME Multiple-Delay-Multiple-Echo
Delay NNDS Nearest Neighbor in Delay Space
Delay NGD Negative Group Delay
Delay NAD Network Access Delay
Delay NCC Network Dependent Call Connection Delay
Delay ND Nick Delay
Delay NRDM NMDA Receptor Delayed Maturation
Delay NDE No Delay Expected
Delay NDV No Delay of Vessel
Delay NCDL Numerically Controlled Delay Line
Delay OHD Off-Hook Delay
Delay OWD One-Way Delay
Delay OARDT Opportunistic Age Replacement during Delay Time
Delay OSCADY Optimised Signal Capacity and Delay
Delay PDJ Packet Delay Jitter
Delay PDV Packet Delay Variation
Delay PTD Packet Transfer Delay
Delay PVDD Packet Voice with Deterministic Delay
Delay PD Packetization Delay
Delay PLD Page Load Delay
Delay PDF Path Delay Fault
Delay PUDL Periods of Unpredictable Delay and Loss
Delay PFD Personal, Fatigue and Delay
Delay PRIDE Personalized Recruiting for Immediate and Delayed Enlistment
Delay PSDF Pipelined Sampled-Delay Focusing
Delay PDC Plugin Delay Compensation
Delay PDD Point Detonating Delay
Delay PDD Post Dial Delay
Delay PGAD Post Gateway Answer Delay
Delay PDF Power Delay Profile
Delay PDP Power Delay Profile
Delay PDP Power-Delay Product
Delay PICADY Priority Intersection Capacity and Delay
Delay PDR Probabilistic Delay Routing
Delay PD Propagation Delay
Delay PDE Propagation Delay Estimation
Delay PMLD Psychomotor and Language Delay
Delay PDBM Pulse Delay Binary Modulation
Delay QDI Quasi-Delay Insensitive
Delay QD Queuing Delay
Delay RDUD Random Delay with Uniform Distribution
Delay RDA Reboul Delaye et Associés
Delay RADR Receiver Attachment Delay Recorder
Delay RETIRED Reconfiguration Delay
Delay RD Reconfiguration Delay
Delay RDD Relative Delay Deviation
Delay RDP Relative Delay Penalty
Delay RMD Relay, Manual, Delayed
Delay RDK Reload Delay Kit
Delay RHD Response Hold Delay
Delay RTDT Restricted Differential Time Delay
Delay RDTD Restricted Differential Time Delay
Delay RDD Return Data Delay
Delay RDS RMS Delay Spread
Delay RMS-DS Root Mean Square – Delay Spread
Delay RTD Round-Trip Delay
Delay RTDT Round-Trip Delay Time
Delay SDD Same Day Delay
Delay SSTDSP Sampling Swept Time Delay Short Pulse
Delay SDS Satellite Delay Simulator
Delay SDL SAW Delay Line
Delay SPDM Scalable Polynomial Delay Model
Delay SPD Scale, Permutation, and Delay
Delay SDPV Scan/Delay/Print/Verify
Delay SRD Scrambler Resynchronization Delay
Delay SDF Segment Delay Fault
Delay SNDA Sender Notification Delayed ACK
Delay SAD Serial Analog Delay
Delay SDP Set Delay Point
Delay SDE Simple Delay Equalization
Delay SHD Single-Hop Delay
Delay SLDD Speech and Language Development Delay
Delay SDF Standard Delay File
Delay SDF Standard Delay Format
Delay SDDF Standard Deviation of the Number of Delayed Frames
Delay STDL Stochastic Tapped-Delay Line
Delay SIDD Stretch-Induced Delayed Depolarization
Delay SDT Supply Delay Time
Delay STDCC Swept Time-Delay Cross-Correlator
Delay SDL Switched Delay Line
Delay SDL Synchronous Delay Line
Delay TDL Tap Delay Line
Delay TCD Temperature Coefficients of Delay
Delay TIDF Temperature-Independent Delayed Fluorescence
Delay TSD Through-Short-Delay
Delay TSD Thru-Short-Delay
Delay TDEL Time Delay
Delay TD Time Delay
Delay TIDAR Time Delay Array Radar
Delay TDC Time Delay Compensation
Delay TDCSA Time Delay Control with Switching Action
Delay TDEC Time Delay Engine Cool
Delay TDFD Time Delay Firing Device
Delay TDI Time Delay Integration
Delay TDI Time Delay Interferometry
Delay TDO Time Delay Opening
Delay TDR Time Delay Reflectometry
Delay TDR Time Delay Register
Delay TDR Time Delay Relay
Delay TDS Time Delay Setting
Delay TDSP Time Delay Short Pulse
Delay TDS Time Delay Spectrometry
Delay TDS Time Delay Switch
Delay TDSA Time Delay-Steered Array
Delay TPD Time Propagation Delay
Delay TDI Time-Delay & Integration
Delay TDE Time-Delay Estimation
Delay TCCD Total Call Connection Delay
Delay TSPD Total Servo Phase Delay
Delay TZD Total Zenith Delay
Delay TDJ Transfer Delay Jitter
Delay TDI Transit Delay Indication
Delay TDS Transit Delay Selection
Delay TD Transit Delays
Delay TTD True-Time Delay
Delay TD Typed Delay
Delay UDD Unconstrained Delay Data
Delay VDL Variable Delay Line
Delay VTD Variable Time Delay
Delay VHD Vehicle-Hours of Delay
Delay VLD Very Large Delay
Delay VADA VFR Arrival Delay Advisory
Delay VCDL Voltage Controlled Delay Line
Delay WADS Weapons Access Delay System
Delay WPWOD Will Proceed Without Delay
Delay WDRT Williams Delayed Recall Test
Delay WLDR Word List Delayed Recall
Delay WCPD Worst Case Packet Delay
Delay WCRD Worst Case Resequencing Delay
Delay ZHD Zenith Hydrostatic Delay
Delay ZND Zenith Neutral Delay
Delay ZTD Zenith Total Delay
Delay ZWD Zenith Wet Delay
Delay ZBD Zero Delay Buffer
Delay ZDD Zero Delay Device
Delay ZDL Zero Delay Lockout