noun
- Computer science. ( the time it takes for a specific block of data on a data track to rotate around to the read/write head)
- synonyms: rotational latency
- The time that elapses between a stimulus and the response to it.
- synonyms: reaction time, response time, latent period
- The state of being not yet evident or active. .
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