latency
latency Lexical Profile
latency Game Scores & Validity
• noun
In computing and telecommunications, the delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer.
"Engineers upgraded the fiber-optic network to reduce latency during live video broadcasts."
The state of existing in a hidden, inactive, or dormant form without yet being manifest or developed.
"The virus has a long period of latency during which the patient exhibits no outward symptoms."
In psychoanalytic theory, a developmental stage spanning roughly from age six to puberty during which sexual impulses are repressed and channeled into social and intellectual pursuits.
"During latency, children typically focus their energy on schoolwork, hobbies, and peer friendships."
• Rhymes for latency
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the mid-17th century, formed from the adjective 'latent' (from Latin 'latens', present participle of 'latere', meaning 'to lie hidden or concealed') combined with the noun-forming suffix '-cy'.