latencies

/L EY1 T AH0 N S IY0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    The state of being latent.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty.

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