latent
Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
Other meanings
Remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.
Related words
- antilatent
- latensification
- latently
- latentness
- semilatent
- latency
- latent fingerprint
- latent heat
- latent print
- latent space
- latent variable
- latent time
Word history
From Latin "latēns".
Where this comes from
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