noun
1. (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
• Syn: ↑rotational latency
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑time interval, ↑interval
• Part Holonyms: ↑access time
2. the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
• Syn: ↑reaction time, ↑response time, ↑latent period
• Hypernyms: ↑time interval, ↑interval
3. the state of being not yet evident or active
• Derivationally related forms: ↑latent
• Hypernyms: ↑potential, ↑potentiality, ↑potency
Useful english dictionary. 2012.