Meaning

• (forensics) The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.

• An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.

• Anything that is latent.

Meaning

• Existing or present but concealed or inactive.

• (of a virus) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.

• Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.