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Quiescence

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Noun

1. dormancy, quiescence, quiescency

a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction

Example Sentences:
'the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy'

2. dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping

quiet and inactive restfulness

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Quiescence

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adjective
quiet, inactive, or dormant

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Quiescence

see synonyms of quiescence
adjective
quiet; still; inactive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Quiescence

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adj.
1. Quiet, still, or inactive. See Synonyms at inactive.
2. Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord: "We tend to think of the decades following the final overthrow of Napoleon as remarkably quiescent" (Walter McDougall).
3. Astronomy Having little or no sunspot activity.
4. Medicine Asymptomatic: a quiescent infection.

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