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.
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Quiescence
/kwiˈɛsəns/
Synonyms for "quiescence" (147 found)
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Closest matches (30)
a wise passivenessabeyanceabidingnessataraxyawful silencecalmnesschangelessnesscold storagecomposureconstancycontemplationcontemplative lifedeaddead of nightdeathlike silencedo-nothing policydo-nothingismdo-nothingnessdoldrumsdormancy
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Adjective(1 words)
evolutionary pause phase
Strong matches (44)
fixednessfrozennessgolden silencehardeninghibernationhushhush of nightidlenessimmobilityimmovabilityimmovablenessimmutabilityinactioninactivenessinactivityinaudibilityindolenceinertiainertnessintermission
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Noun(5 words)
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nirvananoiselessnessnoninvolvementnonparticipationnonresistancenonviolencenonviolent resistancepacifismparalysispassive resistancepassive self-annihilationpassivenesspassivismpassivitypeacepeacefulnesspermanencepermanencyperpetualnesspersistence
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persistencypolicyprocrastinationquiescencyquietquietismquietnessquietudereposerestrigiditysatoriserenitysilencesilentnesssleepslumbersolemn silencesoliditysoundlessnessstabilitystagnancystagnationstandingstandpattismstasissteadfastnessstillstillnesssuspensiontacitnesstaciturnitytomblike silencetorportranquillityunchangeabilityunchangingnessunderactivityvegetationvita contemplativawaiting gamewatching and waitingwhisht
Noun(10 words)
no-signal statepassive statequiescencyremissionsresting statereversible restsleepingstar-formation quiescencestillnesstorpidity
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15 entriesastronomical statebiological statecellular stateconditioneaseelectronic stategalactic propertyinactioninactivenessinactivityoperational staterelaxationreposereststate
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13 entriesCollocations
6 entriescell cycle quiescencecellular quiescenceperiod of quiescencequiescence periodquiescent currentquiescent state
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence.
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