noun
latency; latent period
Technical term used in physiology, psychology, and signal processing for the delay between a stimulus and a response.
刺激から反応までの潜時を測定する。
Measure the latency from stimulus to response.
この実験では潜時が短いほど注意が高いとされる。
In this experiment, shorter latency is considered to indicate higher attention.
Compound of 潜 (せん, 'hidden, latent') and 時 (じ, 'time'), likely a Meiji-era calque from a Western scientific term such as German 'Latenz' or English 'latency'.