Meaning of Quiescence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
   countable, uncountable
2. Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
   countable, uncountable
3. The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
   countable, uncountable
4. The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
   countable, uncountable
5. 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

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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.”

“I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence.”

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