Hence we may conclude that all tissues, which possess the power of producing adventitious buds, must conceal in a latent state, all the numerous characters required for the full development of the whole individual.
From this new ring of living matter innumerable buds arise, that expand into leafy branches, showing clearly that the old trunk possesses, in a latent state, all the qualities of the whole crown.
They give proof of the presence of the common character of the family, concealed here in a latent state.
And whatever conception we may formulate of these vestigial characters it is clear that the simplest and most obvious idea is their preservation in a dormant or latent state.
Of course it must have been in a latent state, and was set free by friction.
The natural and obvious answer is, it was in combination in a latent state with the burning bodies, and by combustion it was set free, and thrown out, and thus put the surrounding luminiferous ether in motion.
This does not alter the case at all: for then the light was in combination with the oxygen, and was invisible, being in a latent state, until it was set free from the oxygen by combustion.
It is hidden in the water; or (to speak more scientifically) it is stored up in a latent state.
Electricity, like heat, exists in all matter; but is often in a latent state: friction disturbs it, and brings it into active operation.
It was in the water and lime before; but was in a latent state.
Other substances have also been compared with water, as a standard, with respect to the capacity of receiving heat, and retaining it in a latent state, as will be shewn when we consider the subject of heat.
And it differs from boiling water only by being united with more caloric, which, as we before explained, is in a latent state.
Nevertheless, the male, before he arrives at puberty, and during the season when the species does not breed, must include the proper gemmules in a latent state.
In every female all the secondary male characters, and in every male all the secondary female characters, apparently exist in a latent state, ready to be evolved under certain conditions.
The adult possesses these same capacities, but generally in a latent state; by disuse he has allowed them to lapse.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "latent state" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
