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.
The intentional termination of an incomplete task after a time limit considered long enough for it to end normally.
The allowed maximal time for a process to end normally.