LATENCY
latency
(noun) the state of being not yet evident or active
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
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.
Synonyms
• (state of being latent): hiddenness, invisibility
• lag (not physics- or electronic gaming-related)
• delay
Anagrams
• 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
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