latency
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latency
- /ˈleɪ.tən.si/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From latent + -ency.
noun latencies · latence
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Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
Similar: hiddenness, invisibility
- Dormancy; the state of being inactive.
- A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence. network latency
- The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance.
- The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism. period of latency
- 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reaction time, response time, latent period, rotational latency, latent, dormancy, lag, lapse, delay, redundant, dormant, redundancy, window, somatosensory, postponement, holdup
Translations
Every language
noun hiddenness
| 日本語 | 潜在 senzai, 秘匿 hitoku |
|---|---|
| Русский | скрытость skrytostʹ, незаметность nezametnostʹ |
noun inactivity, dormancy
| 日本語 | 休眠 kyūmin |
|---|---|
| Русский | латентное состояние latentnoje sostojanije, скрытая форма |
noun delay
| Español | latencia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 遅延 chien, レイテンシ reitenshi, レイテンシー reitenshī, レーテンシー rētenshī |
| 中文 | 延遲 /延迟 yánchí |
| Português | latência |
| Français | latence |
| Deutsch | Latenz, Latenzzeit, Verborgenheit, Wartezeit, Verzögerung |
| Italiano | latenza |
| Ελληνικά | υστέρηση ystérisi, καθυστέρηση kathystérisi |
| Română | latență |
| Русский | заде́ржка zadéržka |
noun delay between a stimulus and the response in an organism
| Español | latencia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 潜伏 sempuku |
| Português | latência |
| Deutsch | Latenzmechanismus, Latenz, Verzögerung |
Talk about this word "latency." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/latency. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. latency. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/latency "latency." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/latency.Cite this
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title = {latency},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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