Spoilers for Thursday 2nd December 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 113)
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R8: TREELINE - an Irish poetic verse with 3 lines
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Re: Spoilers for Thursday 2nd December 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 113)
latency
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪt(ə)nsi/
NOUN
[MASS NOUN]
1
The state of existing but not yet being developed or manifest; concealment:
tension, and the latency of violence, make the greatest impressions
More example sentences
1.1
The state of a disease not yet manifesting the usual symptoms:
the latency of tumours in mice
[AS MODIFIER] : the disease's latency period can last up to five years
More example sentences
2 Computing
The delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer:
poor performance due to network latency
[AS MODIFIER] : subscribers can expect some latency time when issuing a request
[COUNT NOUN] : there are several ways to minimize rotational latencies
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪt(ə)nsi/
NOUN
[MASS NOUN]
1
The state of existing but not yet being developed or manifest; concealment:
tension, and the latency of violence, make the greatest impressions
More example sentences
1.1
The state of a disease not yet manifesting the usual symptoms:
the latency of tumours in mice
[AS MODIFIER] : the disease's latency period can last up to five years
More example sentences
2 Computing
The delay before a transfer of data begins following an instruction for its transfer:
poor performance due to network latency
[AS MODIFIER] : subscribers can expect some latency time when issuing a request
[COUNT NOUN] : there are several ways to minimize rotational latencies
Series 78 Runner-up