latency

English Thesaurus

1. the state of being not yet evident or active (noun.state)

hypernym	:	potency, potential, potentiality,
definition	:	the inherent capacity for coming into being (noun.state)

2. the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it (noun.time)

hypernym	:	interval, time interval, interval, time interval,
definition	:	a definite length of time marked off by two instants (noun.time)

3. (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head (noun.time)

part meronym	:	access time,
definition	:	(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive (noun.time)

domain category	:	computer science, computing,
definition	:	the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition)

4. the state of being not yet evident or active (noun.state)

derivation	:	latent,
definition	:	(pathology) not presently active (adj.all)

derivation	:	latent,
definition	:	(pathology) not presently active (adj.all)