| latent period |
1. The period between infection and the appearance of new inoculum. (See incubation period.) 2. Elapsed time between phage infection or induction and lysis of bacterial cells. 3. Period after acquisition of virus by a vector before it becomes infective. (8, 24)
Ãâó: ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_L.htm
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| latency |
(1) In general, the period of time that one component in a system is spinning its wheels waiting for another component. Latency, therefore, is wasted time. For example, in accessing data on a disk, latency is defined as the time it takes to position the proper sector under the read/write head.
Ãâó: www.angelfire.com/anime3/internet/network.htm
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| lateral |
situated on the side.
Ãâó: www.biology.lsu.edu/heydrjay/ThomasSay/terms.html
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| lateral |
To the side of the midline of the body.
Ãâó: www.fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/mollusks/glo...
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| latency |
Time period between disease occurrence and detection, sometimes used interchangeably with induction.
Ãâó: www.cdc.gov/niosh/2001-133o.html
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