adjective. Present or potential but not evident or active: synonym: inactive.

adjective. Present but not symptomatic.

adjective. Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.

adjective. Present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.

noun. A fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification.

Hidden; concealed; not visible or apparent; not manifested: as, latent motives; latent germs of disease.

In botany, dormant or undeveloped: said of buds which are not externally manifest until stimulated to growth.

Synonyms Covert, Occult, etc. See secret.

adjective. Not visible or apparent; hidden; concealed; secret; dormant.

adjective. Existing but not presenting symptoms; dormant or developing; -- of disease, especially infectious diseases.

adjective. buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for a long time, but may eventually grow.

adjective. that quantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a body while producing some change in it other than rise of temperature, as fusion, evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant for each particular body and for each species of change; the amount of heat required to produce a change of phase.

adjective. One of those periods or resting stages in the development of the ovum, in which development is arrested prior to renewed activity.

adjective. Existing or present but concealed or inactive.

adjective. potentially existing but not presently evident or realized

adjective. (pathology) not presently active

"Energy used for evapotranspiration is generally referred to as latent heat flux; however, the term latent heat flux is broad, and includes other related processes unrelated to transpiration including condensation (e.g., fog, dew), and snow and ice sublimation."

patent  

latent ambiguity  latent fault  latent function  latent heat  latent hypermetropia  

inactive  possible  potential  

latency  

blatant  

deep-seated  dormant  inexplicable  inherent  innate  

abeyant  abstruse  apathetic  arcane  beclouded