latents

/ˈleɪtənts/
noun
  1. Things or people that are present but not yet active, visible, or developed.
    • In machine learning, latents are hidden variables that influence the data.
    • The company identified several latents among its employees — people with great potential who had not yet been promoted.
    • The psychologist studied the latents in the group who had not yet shown any symptoms.
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