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latent
[ leyt-nt ]
adjective
- present but not visible, apparent, or activated; existing as potential:
latent ability.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- Pathology. (of an infectious agent or disease) in a phase of being hidden or unrecognized; not yet exhibiting symptoms. Compare dormant ( def 4 ).
- Psychology. existing in unconscious or dormant form but potentially able to achieve expression:
latent learning,
a latent emotion.
- Botany. (of buds that are not externally manifest) dormant or undeveloped.
latent
/ ˈɪəԳ /
adjective
- potential but not obvious or explicit
- (of buds, spores, etc) dormant
- pathol (esp of an infectious disease) not yet revealed or manifest
- (of a virus) inactive in the host cell, its nucleic acid being integrated into, and replicated with, the host cell's DNA
- psychoanal relating to that part of a dream expressive of repressed desires Compare manifest
latent content
Derived Forms
- ˈٱԳٱ, adverb
- ˈٱԳ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ٱԳ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of latent1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Sacramento” might not be about California’s capital per se, but it perfectly reflects the latent magic so many people have experienced in the city it’s named for.
But intimacy has a way of drawing out latent political tensions and making them intensely personal.
If you’re looking to enliven jarred sauce or some plain tomato puree, you can never go wrong with enriching the latent flavors.
Beneath every figurative form he creates, there is a grid-like sequence compelling us to question the latent networks in not only what we see, but how we respond.
More worrisome: although active, or symptomatic, TB is a reportable disease, latent TB is not.
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