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la·tent (l

nt)

adj.

1. Present or potential but not evident or active: latent talent.

2. Pathology In a dormant or hidden stage: a latent infection.

3. Biology Undeveloped but capable of normal growth under the proper conditions: a latent bud.

4. Psychology Present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.

A fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin latns, latent-, present participle of latre, to lie hidden.]

latent·ly adv.

Synonyms: latent, dormant, quiescent
These adjectives mean present or in existence but not active or manifest. What is latent is present but not evident: latent ability.
Dormant evokes the idea of sleep: a dormant volcano.
Quiescent sometimes

but not always

suggests temporary inactivity: "For a time, he [the whale] lay quiescent" (Herman Melville).

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