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BNC: 28192 COCA: 18606

— latency

/ˈleɪtn̩si/ noun [noncount]
BNC: 28192 COCA: 18606

latency

noun

la·​ten·​cy ˈlā-tᵊn(t)-sē How to pronounce latency (audio)
plural latencies
1
: the quality or state of being latent : dormancy
latency is a characteristic common to all members of the troublesome herpes family Claudia Wallis
2
: something latent
writers who know how to evoke these latencies E. C. Lindeman
3
: a stage of psychosexual (see psychosexual sense 1) development following the phallic (see phallic sense 3) stage that extends from about the age of five or six to the beginning of puberty and during which sexual urges often appear to lie dormant
4

Example Sentences

the flower bulbs went from latency to full bloom in a matter of days

Word History

First Known Use

1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of latency was in 1615
BNC: 28192 COCA: 18606

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