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predelay

noun

Etymology

From pre- + delay.

  1. derived from *leyp-✻ — “to remain, continue”
  2. derived from *laibijaną✻ — “to leave, cause to stay”
  3. derived from *laibijan✻
  4. derived from *leh₁d-✻ — “to leave, leave behind”
  5. derived from *latjaną✻ — “to delay, hinder, stall”
  6. derived from *lattjan✻
  7. derived from laier — “to leave”
  8. derived from delaier
  9. inherited from delaien
  10. prefixed as predelay — “pre + delay”

Definitions

  1. The delay before the first reverberation of an echo.

    • A longer predelay gives the impression of a larger room.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for predelay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA