living on their own
Latent functions are unintended, while manifest functions are intended.
One manifest function of war is defense from aggression. Another manifest function of war is the acquisition of new territory.
dna
1) Provide CHILD CARE for the growing number of parents who work outside the home. 2) OCCUPIES THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE in their twenties who would otherwise be competing for limited opportunities in the job market. 3) Brings together people of marriageable age 4) School NETWORKS can be a valuable career resource throughout life.
an example of a latent virus is a host cell
The latent function of laptop computers is their convenience which is slowly making desktop computers all but obsolete. Intended for travel, these small computers are easy to transport and use.
To stop any face to face interaction.
The energy which must be transferred to or from a sample of water in order to change it's state is called the Latent Energy or Latent Heat - for example Latent Heat of Evaporation or Latent Heat of Freezing.
The manifest function of political institution was that politicians will be able to make the people obey at them whether they like it or not because they have the power and control, while the latent function was there's a tendency to let the politicians destroy their reputation once they do something that is not relevant to people.
latent period
A steam burn is an example of latent heat, because beside the heat released by the steam itself, a part of it condenses, turning into water, which in turn releases heat too.
Latent pain is pain that comes after an exercise/movement. For example when you are exercising and doing so with tolerable pain it is termed okay because this can be normal. But when pain comes after the exercise, that is latent pain and it is not good!