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rotational delay

The amount of time it takes for the disk to rotate until the required location on the disk reaches the read/write head.

rotational delay [rō′tā·shən·əl di′lā]

(computer science)

The time required for a disk or other random-access storage device to reach a position where the read/write head can be positioned over the desired data.

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