[ AI ][ MODEL_ARCHITECTURE ][ NOUN ]
How long a model takes to complete its internal reasoning process before producing a final answer, distinct from inference cost by measuring elapsed time rather than computational/financial expense.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Reasoning latency on the harder questions is noticeably longer, you can tell it's actually working through it."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard ML-industry terminology for the time overhead introduced by multi-step reasoning, distinct from but related to inference-cost.
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2024
PEAK POPULARITY
2024-2026 (Niche/Growing)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
Related To:Inference CostReasoning Stack
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
中文 zh-CN推理延迟EQUIVALENTliterally 'reasoning/inference latency' - standard, well-established Chinese AI-industry term, direct calque
日本語 ja-JP推論レイテンシEQUIVALENTliterally 'inference latency' - 推論 = native 'reasoning/inference', レイテンシ = borrowed 'latency'
한국어 ko-KR추론 지연EQUIVALENTliterally 'reasoning delay' - 추론 = native 'reasoning', 지연 = native 'delay/latency'
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