What does "latency" mean?

Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.

What is a synonym for "latency"?

Common synonyms include: abeyance, apathy, catalepsy, catatonia, cold storage, deadliness.

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

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Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden. countable, uncountable
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the state of being not yet evident or active wordnet
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Dormancy; the state of being inactive. countable, uncountable
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the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it wordnet
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A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. countable, uncountable
"network latency"

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(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head wordnet
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The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance. countable, uncountable
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The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism. countable, uncountable
"period of latency"
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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. countable, uncountable