#526. Latency.
Implication. — N. {ant. 525} latency,
inexpression[obs3]; hidden meaning, occult meaning;
occultness, mystery, cabala[obs3], anagoge[obs3];
silence &c (taciturnity) 585; concealment &c. 528;
more than meets the eye, more than meets the ear; Delphic
oracle; le dessous des cartes[Fr], undercurrent.
implication, logical
implication; logical consequence; entailment.
allusion, insinuation;
innuendo &c. 527; adumbration; “something
rotten in the state of Denmark” [Hamlet].
snake in the grass &c.
(pitfall) 667; secret &c. 533.
darkness, invisibility,
imperceptibility.
V. be latent &c. adj.;
lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign; escape
observation, escape detection, escape recognition;
lie hid &c. 528.
laugh in one’s
sleeve; keep back &c. (conceal) 528.
involve, imply, understand,
allude to, infer, leave an inference;
entail; whisper &c. (conceal) 528.
[understand the implication]
read between the lines.
Adj. latent; lurking
&c.v.; secret &c. 528; occult; implied &c. v.;
dormant; abeyant.
unapparent, unknown,
unseen &c. 441; in the background; invisible &c.
447; indiscoverable[obs3], dark; impenetrable &c.
(unintelligible) 519; unspied[obs3], unsuspected.
unsaid, unwritten, unpublished,
unbreathed[obs3], untalked of[obs3],
untold &c. 527, unsung, unexposed, unproclaimed[obs3],
undisclosed &c. 529, unexpressed; not expressed, tacit.
undeveloped, solved,
unexplained, untraced[obs3], undiscovered &c.
480a, untracked, unexplored, uninvented[obs3].
indirect, crooked, inferential;
by inference, by implication;
implicit; constructive; allusive, covert, muffled;
steganographic[obs3]; understood, underhand, underground;
delitescent[obs3], concealed &c. 528.
Adv. by a side wind;
sub silentio[Lat]; in the background; behind the
scenes, behind one’s back; on the tip of one’s
tongue; secretly &c. 528; between the lines.
Phr. “thereby
hangs a tale” [As You Like It]; tacitum vivit
sub
pectore vulnus [Lat][Vergil]; where there’s
smoke, there’s fire.
#527. Information.—
N. information, enlightenment, acquaintance,
knowledge &c. 490; publicity &c. 531; data &c. 467.
communication, intimation;
notice, notification; enunciation,
annunciation; announcement; communiqu; representation,
round robin, presentment.
case, estimate, specification,
report, advice, monition; news &c. 532;
return &c. (record) 551; account &c. (description)
594; statement &c. (affirmation) 535.
mention; acquainting
&c. v; instruction &c. (teaching) 537;
outpouring; intercommunication, communicativeness.
informant, authority,
teller, intelligencer[obs3], reporter, exponent,
mouthpiece;
informer, eavesdropper,
delator, detective; sleuth; mouchard[obs3],
spy, newsmonger; messenger &c. 534; amicus curiae[Lat].


