LATENCY

latency

(noun) the state of being not yet evident or active

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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