latency

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
2. (countable, uncountable) Dormancy; the state of being inactive.
3. (countable, uncountable) A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
4. (countable, uncountable) The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance.
5. (countable, uncountable) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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

response time

latent period

dormancy

latence

rotational latency

reaction time

delay

latent

potentiality

retardation

waiting time

dullness

inactivity

obscurity

potential

dormant

hide

float

latent condition

sluggishness

spirit

standby time

stumble

stupor

subconscious

time lag

torpor

virtual

queueing time

nonuse

incubation

lag

lag time

latency time

Translations

latence

Latenz

latenza

latencia

latência

latència

Wartezeit

Verzögerung

tempo de rotação

tiempo de latencia

λανθάνουσα κατάσταση

temps de resposta

Latenzzeit

gecikme süresi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleɪ.tən.si/

Etymology

From latent + -ency.