English-Dutch translations for latent

• latent
  De onduidelijke status van Kosovo is een latente bron van onzekerheid. The ill-defined status of Kosovo is a latent source of uncertainty.
  Helaas valt Ivoorkust langzaam maar zeker ten prooi aan een latente politieke crisis. Unfortunately, a latent political crisis has gradually undermined Côte d'Ivoire.
  Het is een, soms latente, hulpbron in gemeenschappen, organisaties en netwerken. It is a resource, sometimes latent, residing within communities, organisations and networks.

Definition of latent

• Existing or present but concealed or inactive
• remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant
• lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation
• The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint
• An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor
• Anything that is latent

Related words

• latently
• latentness
• latent heat
• latent defect
• latent image
• latent period