Latent
['leɪt(ə)nt] or ['letnt]
Definition
(adj.) (pathology) not presently active; 'latent infection'; 'latent diabetes' .
(adj.) potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; 'a latent fingerprint'; 'latent talent' .
Editor: Winthrop--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Concealed, hidden, secret, occult, veiled, unseen.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Invisible, inapparent, unobserved, hidden, concealed, undeveloped, implicit,potential, inherent, secret, occult
ANT:Visible, apparent, manifest, conspicuous, exposed, unconcealed, attentive,developed, explicit
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Definition
adj. hid: concealed: not visible or apparent: dormant undeveloped.—ns. Lā′tence Lā′tency.—adv. Lā′tently.—Latent heat (see Heat); Latent life a phrase describing the physiological condition of organisms in which the functions are for a time suspended without losing the power of future activity; Latent period of a disease the time that elapses before symptoms show the presence of the disease.
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Examples
- Watt had already done much more, for in trying to find how the engine might be made of greater service he had discovered at the outset the principle of the latent heat of steam. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This hidden heat became known as latent heat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There were latent reserves of youth still left in Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The appeal of her helplessness touched in him, as it always did, a latent chord of inclination. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- That is the latent heat which is set free to work when the steam coming in contact with the cold changes the vapor from its gaseous to a liquid state. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He saw the latent sweep of her mind, which could easily (he thought) be led to embrace all the objects on which he had set his heart. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- This is latent heat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Still, in spite of this latent weakness of character, which always developed itself in time of trouble, he was a brave man, with plenty of pluck. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Early Buddhism was certainly producing noble lives, and it is not only through reason that the latent response to nobility is aroused in our minds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These things were latent in the mind and conscience of Mecca and Medina; he did but call them forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had supposed that it must be latent in the people somewhere; but, I had never seen it break out, until I saw it in the dying boy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Now he suddenly felt the latent ache, and realized that after all he had not come off unhurt. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Development is conceived not as continuous growing, but as the unfolding of latent powers toward a definite goal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I know the latent power of Mr. Micawber. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- By a latent vein from Alcinous' line, her father hailing from Phaeacia's isle? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The silver particles held this image, but not visibly--it is a latent image, and it is the purpose of development to bring it out. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Then he remembered the passionate generosity latent under that incurious calm. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He met her eyes with the latent sweetness of his. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Yet her engaging face, being an open as well as a perceptive one, was not without her husband's latent smile. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then all the latent Vashti in Margaret was roused, and she could hardly keep herself from expressing her feelings. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The heat, however, is only latent, or in other words of no use, until the temperature of the water is raised to 212°, and the vapor rises. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This is the quantity of latent heat, which means simply hidden heat, in steam. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Now listen to me,' said the dying woman aloud, as if making a great effort to revive one latent spark of energy. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He soon conquered my latent distaste; I endeavoured to watch him and Perdita, and to keep in mind every thing I had heard to his disadvantage. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This shows that the latent heat of the two pounds of steam was sufficient to convert the ten pounds of freezing water into boiling water. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This absorbed heat is called latent heat, and it plays an important part in artificial freezing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I have still a latent belief that she must have been Mrs. Crupp's daughter in disguise, we had such an awful time of it with Mary Anne. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The plate is then exposed and the latent image developed by an aqueous solution of pyrogallic acid, or protosulphate of iron. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Numerous attempts have been made to supersede steam as a motive power, with the view to avoid the loss of heat by its absorption in the steam in a latent state. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Will saw that she was offended, but this only gave an additional impulse to the new irritation of his latent dislike towards Mr. Casaubon. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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