Latent can mean "hidden", "presently inactive" or "potentially existing but not yet realized". In specific contexts, it can mean:
- Latent heat, the amount of energy released or absorbed by a substance during a change of phase
- Latent geologic fault
- Latent medical condition, a condition that is present but not active or causing symptoms. In Thermochemistry, latent heat is the amount of Energy in the form of Heat released or absorbed by a substance during a change of phase In Geology a fault, or fault line, is a planar rock fracture which shows evidence of relative movement
- Latent bud, in some plants a bud that grows in favourable conditions but remains a bud until such conditions appear. In Botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic Shoot and normally occurs in the Axil of a Leaf or at the tip of the stem
- Virus latency, the "quiet" or dormant stage of life of a virus, when it does little but maintain its genome, until favourable conditions for the lytic phase appear, when it starts to replicate. Chronic since 1992 ( talk) 2200 12 December 2007 (UTC --> Virus latency
- Latent fingerprint, the identifiable impression made by a finger, which is not immediately available (for example, because it is on a difficult surface such as skin) but can be made available ("developed") using some appropriate technique. A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all or any part of the finger The skin is the outer covering of living tissue of an animal (or plant
- Latent Recordings, a record label
- Latent variable
Latency can mean:
- Latency (engineering), a time delay between the moment something is initiated and the moment its first effect begins. Latent Recordings is a Canadian Independent record label owned and operated by Cowboy Junkies. In Statistics, latent variables (as opposed to Observable variables, are Variables that are not directly observed but are rather inferred (through a Latency is a time delay between the moment something is initiated and the moment one of its effects begins or becomes detectable
- Latency (audio), the time delay in digital audio systems due to analog to digital conversions, processing and conversion back to analog. Latency refers to a short period of delay (usually measured in Milliseconds) required for the conversion between analog and digital representations of the sound data
- Memory latency and RAM latency, the amount of time a computer needs to wait to get data from RAM. In Computing, memory latency is the time between initiating a request for a Byte or word in memory until it is retrieved SDRAM latency refers to the delays incurred when a Computer tries to access Data in SDRAM.
- Input lag, the latency between using an input device and the result being displayed.
- Communication lag or latency, the time taken for a packet of data to be sent by an application, travel and be received by another application. In Computing and especially Computer networks lag (slang is a symptom where the result of an action appears later than expected
- Incubation period, the time between exposure to a pathogenic organism, or chemical or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent. Incubation period is the Time elapsed between exposure to a Pathogenic Organism, or Chemical or radiation, and when Symptoms
- Latency in child sexuality, a psychoanalytic phase, extending from roughly age 7 to 12, during which sexuality is repressed or sublimated (now more commonly called "middle childhood" and "prepubescence"). Child sexuality refers to phenomena researched as the Sexual feelings behaviors and development of Children.
- Clinical latency
- Dormancy
An example of a virus that is Latent in many people for long periods of time is Mononucleosis. Clinical latency is the state or time period in which an Infectious agent such as a Virus or Bacterium replicates in its host without causing Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth development and (in animals physical activity is temporarily suspended
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