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    Not visible or apparent; hidden; springs of action.The evils latent in the most promising contrivances are provided foras they arise. Burke.Latent buds (bot.), buds which remain undeveloped or dormant for along time, but may at length grow. Latent heat (Physics), thatquantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a bodywhile producing some change in it other than rise of temperature, asfusion, evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant foreach particular body and for each species of change.-- Latent period. (a) (Med.) The regular time in which a disease issupposed to be existing without manifesting itself. (b) (Physiol.)One of the phases in a simple muscular contraction, in whichinvisible preparatory changes are taking place in the nerve andmuscle. (c) (Biol.) One of those periods or resting stages in thedevelopment of the ovum, in which development is arrested prior torenewed activity.

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      LATENT is the same as closet queen.
      A repressed homosexual,someone who is
      secretly gay but pretends to be straight.
      They may have sex with women but prefer to fuck the arse.

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        (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed.

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