latency

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Synonyms: latence, patency

Antonyms: latence, patency

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Noun

1. [[concealment|Concealment]]; the state of being [[latent]]; the state of being [[hidden]].
2. [[dormancy|Dormancy]]; the state of being [[inactive]].
3. {{lb|en|electronics}} A [[delay]], an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
4. {{lb|en|artificial intelligence}} 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. {{lb|en|medicine}} The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
6. 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]].

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