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latencies

latencies is the plural of latency.

Meaning of latency

Noun

latency (countable and uncountable, plural latencies)

  1. Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
  2. Dormancy; the state of being inactive.
  3. A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
    • network latency
  4. (artificial intelligence) The time delay between a request for data or action and the beginning of the response or execution, often measured to assess system performance.
  5. The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
    • period of latency
  6. 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.

Questions about latencies

What is latencies the plural of?
Latencies is the plural of latency.

Words near latencies in the dictionary

  1. Latellas
  2. lately
  3. laten
  4. latence
  5. latences
  6. latencies
  7. latency
  8. latency time
  9. latency times
  10. latened
  11. lateness

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