latency

名词 latency:

1. (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head
   同义词：rotational latency
2. the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it
   同义词：reaction time, response time, latent period
3. the state of being not yet evident or active

la.ten.cy

n.（名词）
【复数】 la.ten.cies
The state or quality of being latent.
潜伏：潜在的状态或特征
The psychoanalytic stage of development, from about five years to puberty, during which a child represses sexual urges and prefers to associate with members of the same sex.
潜伏期：心理分析学中人的大约五岁到青春期这一发展阶段，在这期间儿童压抑其性欲并倾向于与同性别成员相处