latently


la·tent

L0061400 (lāt′nt)adj.1. Present or potential but not evident or active: latent talent. See Synonyms at inactive.2. Medicine Present but not symptomatic: a latent virus.3. Biology Being in a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes: a latent bud.4. Psychology Present and accessible in the unconscious mind but not consciously expressed.n. A fingerprint that is not apparent to the eye but can be made sufficiently visible, as by dusting or fuming, for use in identification.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin latēns, latent-, present participle of latēre, to lie hidden.]
la′tent·ly adv.