latency

latent | American Dictionary

latent
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈleɪ·tənt/
present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious:
Latent ethnic tensions exploded into the open yesterday.

latent | Business English

latent
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈleɪtənt/us
present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious:
latent capability/talent/skill

Examples of latent

latent
There is no evidence for qualitative differences for the latent class solution.
It was a latent variable with three elements: psychological wellbeing, life satisfaction, and satisfaction with the use of time.
Analyzing twin resemblance in multisymptom data : genetic applications of a latent class model for symptoms of conduct disorder in juvenile boys.
One important advantage of the latent class modeling approach described above is that it leads straightforwardly to tests of gender differences in offending trajectories.
After determining that classes of nicotine withdrawal exist, understanding the etiology of withdrawal can be enhanced by applying behavior genetic modeling to the latent classes.
The predictive validity of latent pure short-term memory capacity would provide important progress toward understanding the biologically primary factors that influence variability in math skills.
The fact that the latent vowel receives stress during truncation demonstrates that stress is reassigned after truncation.
The texts perpetually gesture towards a moment of fulfilment that remains deferred, when their latent significance would unfurl itself in a millennial revelation.
The latent phenotype is related to the report of that informant on his co-twin by the bi (for bias) path.
Jurists frequently relied on confessions to validate the scientific basis of latent fingerprint identification.
Specifically, he hypothesized that large (latent) groups are difficult to mobilize.
Relevant chapters include topics such as advances in quantitative test analysis, latent trait models, generalizability theory, qualitative approaches, washback, standards, accountability, and ethics.
Latent errors lie dormant in systems until conditions are right for their expression.
A latent trait analysis of an inventory designed to detect symptoms of anxiety and depression using an elderly community sample.
The second model tests whether the two sets of variables constitute separate latent factors.
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