different between latent vs incumbent

English

Etymology

From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latens, latentis, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?le?.t?nt/

Adjective

latent (not comparable)

1. Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
2. (pathology, of a virus) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
   • 2008 July 2, Joe Palca, “Scientists Make Herpes Breakthrough”, abstract, All Things Considered, National Public Radio

     Those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. That’s because the virus goes "latent." Sometimes, it awakes from its slumber, producing painful illnesses.

3. (biology) lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.

Synonyms

• (concealed): hidden, invisible
• (inactive): dormant; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Antonyms

• (concealed): apparent, patent, visible

Derived terms

• latency

Related terms

Translations

Noun

latent (plural latents)

1. (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
2. (statistics) An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
3. Anything that is latent.

Anagrams

• Talent, antlet, latten, talent

Danish

Etymology

From German latent, from French latent, from Latin latens, present participle of latere (“to be hidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lat?nt/, [la?t??n?d?]

Adjective

latent

1. latent (existing or present but concealed or inactive)

Inflection

French

Etymology

From Latin latens, latentis, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

Adjective

latent (feminine singular latente, masculine plural latents, feminine plural latentes)

1. latent

Derived terms

• latemment

Further reading

• “latent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• talent

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

latent

1. latent

Related terms

• Latenz

Further reading

• “latent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

latent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of late?

Romanian

Etymology

From French latent, from Latin latens.

Adjective

latent m or n (feminine singular latent?, masculine plural laten?i, feminine and neuter plural latente)

1. latent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from stem incumbent-, of Medieval Latin incumb?ns (“holder of a church position”), from Latin present participle of incumb? (“I lie down upon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?k?mb?nt/

Adjective

incumbent (comparative more incumbent, superlative most incumbent)

1. Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
   • December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall

     all men truly Zelous , will […] endeavor to perform the first kind of good Works alwaies; those, I mean, that are incumbent on all Christians

2. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
   • 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture

     two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it

   • to move the incumbent load they try

3. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
4. (botany, geology) Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)

5. (zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.

6. Being the current holder of an office or a title.

Derived terms

• incumbency

Translations

Noun

incumbent (plural incumbents)

1. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
   • 2012, The Economist, October 6, 2012 issue, The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game

     Mr Obama’s problems were partly structural. An incumbent must defend the realities and compromises of government, while a challenger is freer to promise the earth, details to follow. Mr Obama’s odd solution was to play both incumbent and challenger, jumping from a defence of his record to indignation at such ills as over-crowded classrooms and tax breaks for big oil companies.

2. (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.
   • 2012, The Economist, September 29 2012 issue, Schumpeter: Fixing the capitalist machine

     American capitalism is becoming like its European cousin: established firms with the scale and scope to deal with a growing thicket of regulations are doing well, but new companies are withering on the vine or selling themselves to incumbents.

Translations

See also

• incumbent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

incumbent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incumb?