latency
(noun) the state of being not yet evident or active
Source: WordNet® 3.1
latency (countable and uncountable, plural latencies)
The state of being latent.
(electronics) A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
(medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty.
• (state of being latent): hiddenness, invisibility
• lag (not physics- or electronic gaming-related)
• delay
• Cantley
Source: Wiktionary
La"ten*cy, n. Etym: [See Latent.]
Definition: The state or quality of being latent. To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
