Noun latency has 3 senses
  1. rotational latency, latency - (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
    --1 is a kind of time interval, interval
    --1 is a part of access time
  2. reaction time, response time, latency, latent period - the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
    --2 is a kind of time interval, interval
  3. latency - the state of being not yet evident or active
    --3 is a kind of
    potential, potentiality, potency
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