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The short answer: Yes.

The Long Answer: In Layman's terms yes, but not necessarily.

It depends on who you're talking to. If you are talking to anyone working on electrical things, they think of fuses for electrical circuits. Fuses for electrical circuits protect electronics (any device needing electricity) from an overload. Many devices need a lot more electricity to start up than to keep running. A time delay fuse will allow for a small spike in the current (start up) and not burn out. A regular fuse will not allow for any spike in the current and break. I have not yet heard anyone refer to a time delay fuse as a slow burn fuse, but it could be called that.

A slow burn fuse has to do with pyrotechnics and chemical rockets. It is simply a fuse that burns slowly. I could also see the terms being used interchangeably in this case too.

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