The actual term for the delay is HYSTERSIS.
On the L-1011 we used Tension Regulators in the Pitch and Throttle systems. These regulators keep constant tension on the cables and reduced the hystersis. Why only in those to systems, as I use to tell the students in my flight control class. If you break out of a cloud and right in front of you is a mountain, you don't want any hesitation in the pitch or throttle cables. Because the first thing you are going to do is pull back on the column and push forward on the throttles.