Quiescence
//kwiˈɛsəns// noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being quiescent; dormancy. countable, uncountable
"Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place."
- 2 quiet and inactive restfulness wordnet
- 3 Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless. countable, uncountable
- 4 a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction wordnet
- 5 The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state. countable, uncountable
"I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence."
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- 6 The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division. countable, uncountable
- 7 In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place."
Etymology
From quiescent + -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies.
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