Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Delayed-action: Describes an explosive device (such as a bomb, mine, or grenade) designed to detonate after a preset time interval following activation or impact, rather than immediately.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Quân đội phát hiện một quả bom nổ chậm trong khu vực. (The military discovered a delayed-action bomb in the area.)
  • Mìn nổ chậm rất nguy hiểm cho dân thường. (Delayed-action mines are very dangerous for civilians.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used as a modifier for explosive devices. It describes the inherent mechanism of the device itself.

Variants and Related Words

• Bom nổ chậm (n): Delayed-action bomb.
• Mìn nổ chậm (n): Delayed-action mine.
• Lựu đạn nổ chậm (n): Delayed-action grenade.

Synonyms

• Time-delayed: Having a mechanism that causes an action to occur after a set period.
• Delayed-fuse: Equipped with a fuse that burns for a specific time before detonation.

Related Concepts

• Nổ (v): To explode, to detonate. This is the root verb.
• Chậm (adj): Slow, delayed. This is the root adjective.
• The compound "nổ chậm" functions as a technical adjective describing a specific type of explosive function.

1. Delayed-action
   • Bom nổ chậm
     Delayed-action bomb