Definition of latent Latent
/lejˈtʌnt/ - [leytunt] - la•tent
We found 7 definitions of latent from 6 different sources.
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What does latent mean?
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Adjectivelatent, latenter, latentest |
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| latent - (pathology) not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent diabetes" | ||
| inactive not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature" | ||
| pathology the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases | ||
| latent - potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- latent (a.)
Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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latent
Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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latent
lā′tent, adj. hid: concealed: not visible or apparent: dormant, undeveloped.—ns. Lā′tence, Lā′tency.—adv. Lā′tently.—Latent heat (see Heat); Latent life, a phrase describing the physiological condition of organisms in which the functions are for a time suspended without losing the power of future activity; Latent period of a disease, the time that elapses before symptoms show the presence of the disease. [L. latens, pr.p. of latēre, to lie hid; Gr. lanthanein, to be hidden.]
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