LATENCE Synonyms

• the state of being inactive

• a disposition to remain inactive or inert

• being inactive; being less active

• (computer science) the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head

• the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it

• the state of being not yet evident or active

• existing in possibility

• the inherent capacity for coming into being

• the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

• expected to become or be; in prospect

• a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction

• quiet and inactive restfulness

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• a pause for relaxation

• a state of inaction

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• a support on which things can be put

• a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

• not move; be in a resting position

• take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

• give a rest to

• have a place in relation to something else

• be at rest

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• be inherent or innate in

• put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

• sit, as on a branch

• rest on or as if on a pillow

• be inactive, refrain from acting

• a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

• a torpid state resembling deep sleep

• a period of time spent sleeping

• euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

• be asleep

• be able to accommodate for sleeping