latent

About 6.47 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Existing or present, but concealed or inactive.
2. adjective Remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
3. adjective Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.
4. adjective Latently homosexual.
5. noun The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
6. noun An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
7. noun Anything that is latent.

Similar words

inactive possible potential latency hidden dormancy delitescent lag covert lapse

Often followed by

heat in period and image or variables variable content

Word family

latent fingerprint latent print latently latents