latency

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈleɪ.tən.si/

Etymology

latent +‎ -cy

Noun

latency (plural latencies)

1. The state of being latent.
2. (electronics) A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
3. (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.

Synonyms

• lag (casual)
• delay

Translations

delay

• Czech: latence (cs) f, zpoždění (cs) n
• Finnish: latenssi (fi), viive (fi)
• German: Latenz (de) f, Latenzzeit (de) f, Verborgenheit (de) f, Wartezeit (de) f, Verzögerung (de) f
• Greek: υστέρηση (el) (ystérisi) f, καθυστέρηση (el) (kathystérisi) f
• Icelandic: biðtími (is) m

• Italian: latenza (it) f
• Japanese: レイテンシ (ja) (reitenshi)
• Romanian: latență (ro)
• Russian: задержка (ru) (zaderzhka) f
• Turkish: gecikme (tr), gizlilik (tr), saklılık (tr)

delay between a stimulus and the response in an organism

• German: Latenzmechanismus (de) m, Latenz (de), Verzögerung (de) f

• Turkish: yataklık süresi (tr)