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delayed action

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de⋅layed-ac⋅tion

  [di-leyd-ak-shuhn]
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–adjective
(of an explosive projectile) exploding some time after hitting the target.
Also, de⋅lay-ac⋅tion  [di-ley-ak-shuhn] .

Origin:
1890–95
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delayed action

noun
a mechanism that automatically delays the release of a camera shutter for a fixed period of time so that the photographer can appear in the picture 
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