A break, discontinuance, or interruption
That which breaks off, or is broken off
The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game
To play the first shot in a game of snooker
A delay, an interval between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.
Concealment; the state of being latent; the state of being hidden.
A stage in Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of the psychosexual development of children where children become asexual until their sexual desires come back at puberty.
Dormancy; the state of being inactive.