olemus
(1a) sündmuse iseeneslik soovimatu hilinemine
= a situation in which an event happens later than it should

(1b) sündmuse iseenesliku hilinemise kestus
= the amount of time of waiting an event to happen

näiteid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_propagation_delay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_delay_and_phase_delay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_delay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queuing_delay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_delay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_delay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-to-end_delay

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-causes-project-delay-cost-overrun-mitigation-measures-buys

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