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latencies
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潜伏, 潜在性
a state where a quality or trait exists but is not actively expressed at the moment
- In education, a student's talent might have latency, becoming more apparent as they progress through advanced coursework.
在教育中，学生的才能可能有潜伏期，随着他们在高级课程中的进步而变得更加明显。
- Though she worked as part of a team, her natural leadership abilities remained in latency until she was given the opportunity to lead a project.
尽管她是团队的一员，但她的自然领导能力一直处于潜伏状态，直到她有机会领导一个项目。
- His emotional latency became evident during the crisis, as he revealed a depth of compassion and empathy that was not readily apparent in everyday situations.
在危机期间，他的情感潜伏性变得明显，因为他展现了一种在日常情况下不易察觉的同情和同理心的深度。
- The student's intellectual latency surprised his peers when he effortlessly aced the challenging exam, showcasing knowledge that he seldom expressed in class.
当学生轻松通过具有挑战性的考试，展示出他在课堂上很少表达的知识时，他的智力潜伏让同龄人感到惊讶。
- Within the company, there was a period of innovation latency until a creative workshop sparked a wave of inventive ideas from the team members.
在公司内部，有一段创新潜伏期，直到一个创意研讨会激发了团队成员的一波创新想法。
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the time interval between the presentation of a stimulus and the observable response to it
- The experiment measured the latency of a reflex action.
- The latency of the reflex was shorter in younger participants.
- The patient's latency to respond indicated normal neural function.
- High latency in response can suggest cognitive processing delays.
- Sleep deprivation can increase the latency of sensory responses.
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(in computer science) the time required for a specific block of data on a storage medium to reach the read and write head
- The hard drive has a latency of 8 milliseconds per read.
- Network latency can affect the performance of online games.
- The engineer optimized the system to reduce latency in data retrieval.
- Latency in disk access can slow down the database.
- Fiber-optic cables minimize latency in long-distance communication.
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