latency
/ˈleɪ.tən.si/
latency noun: concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
Noun
latency (countable and uncountable, plural latencies)
- Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
- Synonyms:
- 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
- The disease has a long 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.
latency meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
latency in Tamil
- உள்ளடங்கிய தன்மை, மறைநிலை, செயலற்ற நிலை
latency in Telugu
- లేటెన్సీ
latency in Malayalam
- ലേറ്റൻസി
latency in Kannada
- ಲೇಟೆನ್ಸಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- latency in Punjabi
- ਲੇਟੈਂਸੀ
- latency in Nepali
- विलम्बता
- latency in Persian
- نهفتگی
Examples of latency in a sentence
- Message latency is much more of an issue on a WAN than on a LAN.
- The request stream is parasequential, so we have some latency delay.
- Feedback latency from V2 depends on interareal conduction velocity and distance.
Synonyms of latency
Antonyms
Forms of latency
| plural | latencies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | latence |
Origin of latency
From latent + -ency.
Words formed from latency
Phrases with latency
Questions about latency
- What does latency mean?
- Latency means concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
- What is latency in Tamil?
- Latency in Tamil is உள்ளடங்கிய தன்மை, மறைநிலை, செயலற்ற நிலை. See Latency meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is latency?
- Latency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce latency?
- Latency is pronounced /ˈleɪ.tən.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of latency?
- The plural of latency is latencies.
Words near latency in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: latency (page history and authors); latency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); latency (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latency (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latency (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latency (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); latency (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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