1630s, "condition of being concealed," from latent + -cy. Meaning "delay between stimulus and response" is from 1882; computer sense (latency time) is from 1954.
实用例句
1. Optimize for responsiveness; accommodate latency.
优化响应能力, 调节延迟时间.
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2. For God sakes , Alvy, even Freud speaks of a latency period!
拜托,艾尔维, 即使弗洛伊德都说有性潜伏期!
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3. Six studies gave results for malignant brain tumours in that latency group.
有六个研究在潜伏期的族群当中发现恶性脑瘤.
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4. Would latency between you and the cloud - service provider pose a problem?
你和云服务供应商之间的延迟会不会成为问题?
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5. The average latency at which failed publish requests are processed.
