'Latency' definitions:
Definition of 'latency'
(from WordNet)
noun
(computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head [syn: rotational latency, latency]
noun
The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it [syn: reaction time, response time, latency, latent period]
noun
The state of being not yet evident or active
Definition of 'Latency'
From: GCIDE
- Latency \La"ten*cy\, n. [See Latent.]
- 1. The state or quality of being latent. [1913 Webster]
- To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this latency. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The time between a stimulus the appearance of the response; the time between any causal action and the first appearance of the effect. Called also latent period. [PJC]
- 3. Hence: (Med.) The time between exposure to a carcinogen or other disease-causing agent and the appearance of the consequent disease. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'latency'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyance,
- apathy,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- cold storage,
- deadliness,
- deathliness,
- delitescence,
- doldrums,
- dormancy,
- entropy,
- indifference,
- indolence,
- inertia,
- inertness,
- intermission,
- interruption,
- languor,
- latent content,
- latent meaningfulness,
- latentness,
- lotus-eating,
- passiveness,
- passivity,
- possibility,
- potentiality,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- stagnancy,
- stagnation,
- stasis,
- suspense,
- suspension,
- torpor,
- vegetation,
- virtuality,
- vis inertiae