latent

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Existing or present but concealed or inactive.

   “There is known latent demand for rail freight and the rail freight industry is working with Scottish businesses to develop new rail freight services, as environmental concerns are beginning to change the logistics choices of Scottish producers.”

2. sıfat 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.”

3. sıfat Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.
4. isim The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.

   “Paralegal workers do not argue cases in court, and these crimescene fingerprint gatherers do not compare crime-scene latents to known prints of suspects and present their findings in court.”

5. isim An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.

   “That is, the observed covariance between indicator y₁ and y₃ would mirror the understandable causal behavior of the corresponding underlying latents.”

6. isim Anything that is latent.

   “Even if latents may not be actually detectable in any given situation, they may nevertheless be present in it. Latents may become actual if proper triggering conditions are in place, or they may be lost in the process.”