latency

la·ten·cy (l

n-s

)

n. pl. la·ten·cies

1. The state or quality of being latent.

2. Psychology The latency period.

3. A latent period.

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Noun	1.	latency - (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head rotational latency computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures access time - (computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "access time is the sum of seek time and rotational latency and command processing overhead" interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
	2.	latency - the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it latent period, reaction time, response time interval, time interval - a definite length of time marked off by two instants
	3.	latency - the state of being not yet evident or active potential, potentiality, potency - the inherent capacity for coming into being

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latency [ˈleɪtənsɪ] N → estado m latente

latency

n → Latenz f

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depth psychology
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latency period
latency phase
latency stage
latent period
latent time
phase
potency
potentiality
psychoanalysis
psychosexual development

The ancients, struck with this irreducibleness of the elements of human life to calculation, exalted Chance into a divinity; but that is to stay too long at the spark, which glitters truly at one point, but the universe is warm with the latency of the same fire.

Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context

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