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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslatenza
Pronunciation / Transliteration: laˈtɛntsa
"La latenza della connessione è troppo alta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The delay between the initiation of something and its occurrence or receiving a response.
"High network latency can cause noticeable delays during video calls." - 2
The state of existing but not yet being manifest or developed; dormancy.
"The virus can remain in a state of latency for years before showing symptoms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'latentia', meaning state of lying hidden, from 'latēre' (to lie hidden). In modern technological and physiological contexts, it evolved to describe the delay between a stimulus and the resulting response.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Latency" is said worldwide
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latence
Transliteration: latãs
"La latence du réseau perturbe la communication."
Latenz
Transliteration: laˈtɛnt͡s
"Eine geringe Latenz ist für Online-Spiele entscheidend."
latenza
Transliteration: laˈtɛntsa
"La latenza della connessione è troppo alta."
latencia
Transliteration: laˈtensja
"Debemos reducir la latencia del sistema."
latência
Transliteration: laˈtẽsjɐ
"A latência da rede afetou a transmissão ao vivo."
विलंब
Transliteration: vilamb
"नेटवर्क में उच्च विलंबता के कारण वीडियो रुक गया।"
延迟
Transliteration: yán chí
"降低网络延迟可以改善游戏体验。"
지연 시간
Transliteration: ji-yeon si-gan
"네트워크 지연 시간이 길어지면 통화 품질이 떨어집니다."
レイテンシ
Transliteration: reiten-shi
"通信のレイテンシを最小限に抑える必要があります。"
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