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Latency

noun
/ˈleɪ.tən.si/
Word Frequency: 2.7

Definitions

1.nounThe state of being latent.
2.nounA delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
3.nounThe delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
4.nounA 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.

Synonyms

hiddennessinvisibilitydelaylagreaction timeresponse timelatent periodrotational latencylatentdormancylapseredundant

Rhymes With

blatancypatencypeyton c
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