LATENT PERIOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does latent period mean? 

• LATENT PERIOD (noun)
  The noun LATENT PERIOD has 2 senses:

1. the time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it

2. the time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms

  Familiarity information: LATENT PERIOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LATENT PERIOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

latency; latent period; reaction time; response time

Hypernyms ("latent period" is a kind of...):

interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The time that elapses before the presence of a disease is manifested by symptoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("latent period" is a kind of...):

interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)