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Hibernation

//ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter. countable, uncountable

    "The bears are in hibernation."

  2. 2
    the act of retiring into inactivity wordnet
  3. 3
    A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals wordnet
  5. 5
    A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter wordnet

Etymology

From Latin hibernātus, from hibernō, from hībernus (“winter”).

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