Synonyms for latency
ˈleɪt n sila·ten·cy

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1. latencynoun

   Synonyms:
   lag, delay

2. latencynoun

   The state of being latent.

   Synonyms:
   delay, lag

3. latencynoun

   A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.

   Synonyms:
   lag, delay

4. latencynoun

   The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.

   Synonyms:
   lag, delay

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1. rotational latency, latencynoun

   (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head

   Synonyms:
   reaction time, response time, rotational latency, latent period

2. reaction time, response time, latency, latent periodnoun

   the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it

   Synonyms:
   reaction time, response time, rotational latency, latent period

3. latencynoun

   the state of being not yet evident or active

   Synonyms:
   reaction time, response time, rotational latency, latent period

Matched Categories

1. • Computer Science
   • Potentiality
   • Time Interval

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1. time lag

   the time lag between sending a ping request over the internet and receiving the response is one measure of the connection speed and is called latency.

   latency is a time interval between the stimulation and response

   Submitted by rinat on June 4, 2017  

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1. List of paraphrases for "latency":

   lag, latent, dormant

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1. Jae Jung:

   My feeling is that Zika is very close to dengue virus, there is probably a very, very low chance of latency.

2. Doug Cifu:

   What we have at Virtu is a technology plant that is multi-asset class, multi-currency and very low latency and very efficient and very scaled, to the extent we can use that asset and leverage that asset into what I will call related and ancillary businesses ... I'm very open to it.

3. Jacqueline Moline:

   Cancer has a latency period. The earliest cancers are the blood cancers. And then you see solid tumors, so the fact that we're seeing tumors on the uptick is not a surprise at all.

4. Rudolf Baumeister:

   [ W ] e've developed our technology so that the real world and virtual world are synced, this means that what you see and what you feel lineup with almost no latency — this reduces motion sickness.

5. Daryl Herzmann:

   NWS is plagued with IT-related outages and failures during high impact weather events, this particular kind of latency issue only happened once before, during Hurricane Ida.