latency
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British pronunciation
/lˈe‍ɪtnsi/

Definition & Meaning of "latency"in English

Latency
01

a state where a quality or trait exists but is not actively expressed at the moment

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In education, a student 's talent might have latency, becoming more apparent as they progress through advanced coursework.
02

the time interval between the presentation of a stimulus and the observable response to it

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The experiment measured the latency of a reflex action.
03

(in computer science) the time required for a specific block of data on a storage medium to reach the read and write head

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The hard drive has a latency of 8 milliseconds per read.
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