Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Latency

La′ten-cy

,

Noun.

[See

.]

1.

The state or quality of being latent.

To simplify the discussion, I shall distinguish three degrees of this

latency

.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Latency

LA'TENCY

,

Noun.

[See Latent.] The state of being concealed; abstruseness.