latent

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable)Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
Đồng nghĩa: hidden, invisible
2.
(not comparable)(pathology, of a virus) Remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
2008 July 2, Joe Palca, “Scientists Make Herpes Breakthrough”, abstract, All Things Considered, National Public Radio Those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. That’s because the virus goes "latent." Sometimes, it awakes from its slumber, producing painful illnesses.
Đồng nghĩa: dormant, abeyant, at rest, cessant, dormant, dull, fallow, idle, inactive, inert, languid, latent, nonactive, passive, quiescent, silent, sedent, sedentary, slow, suspended, torpid, unactive, unbusy, unemployed, unoccupied
3.
(not comparable)(biology) Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

latents

1.
(forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
2.
(statistics) An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
3.
Anything that is latent.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

hiddeninvisibledormantabeyantat restcessantdull fallow idle inactive inert languid nonactive passive quiescent silent sedent sedentary slow suspended

Trái nghĩa

apparent patent visible active

Cùng gốc / liên quan

antilatentlatensificationlatentlylatentnesssemilatentlatencylatent fingerprintlatent heatlatent printlatent spacelatent variablelatent timelatent valuelatent newslatent vector

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latēns, present participle of lateō (lie hidden).